Contents

Emily Murray
A late Mesolithic shell midden at Kilnatierny near Greyabbey, Co. Down

K. Becker, I. Armit, J. Eogan and G. Swindles
Later prehistoric radiocarbon dates from Ireland: an audit

Victoria Ginn
The fusion of settlement and identity in dispersed and nucleated settlements in Bronze Age Ireland

Richard B. Warner and Mary Cahill
Analysing ancient Irish gold: an assessment of the Hartmann database

Robert Janiszewski 
A fragment of a gold bracelet from Newgrange, Co. Meath, and its late Roman context

Linda G. Lynch and Eileen Reilly
Early medieval human burials and insect remains from Kildimo, Co. Limerick

Alan Hawkes
Medieval fulachtaí fia in Ireland? An archaeological assessment

Cormac McSparron
The medieval coarse pottery of Ulster

Connie Kelleher
La Trinidad Valencera—1588 Spanish Armada wreck: results of the     
Underwater Archaeology Unit’s work at the site, 2004–6

B. G. Scott
Plans and economies: defending the Plantation city of Londonderry