Archaeology Ireland is a quarterly magazine which has been in production since 1987. The magazine is aimed at both professional and non-professional readers. 

Archaeology Ireland has become, over the years, a widely read and well-respected magazine which is frequently quoted in the national papers both in Ireland and the U.K.

 

Vol. 38. 4 NO. 150

CONTENTS

SOME ANGLO-NORMAN RINGWORK CASTLES IN WEST CORK 

Conleth Manning explores evidence from historical sources 

 

CUTTING EDGE WITHOUT THE CUTTING 

Ros Ó Maoldúin, Sam Presslee, Kevin Kearney, John Channing, Ian Riddler, Nicola Trzaska-Nartowski, John Nicholl, Conn Herriott, Robyn Kelly and Sharon Weadick describe eraser sampling for ZooMS

 

AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FOCUS ON HOCUS-POCUS 

Rena Maguire takes a fresh look at the Ballintoy ‘goddess’

 

CARRIGAPHOOCA CASTLE, CO. CORK

In this contribution to Folklore Focus Tamlyn McHugh considers the mischievous, shapeshifting púca  

 

LEATHER-MAKING: FROM COTTAGE INDUSTRY TO INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURE 

Muiris O’Sullivan and Liam Downey discuss leather-making in post-medieval Ireland and the subsequent development of factory production

 

THE EXCAVATION OF BALLYNOE STONE CIRCLE, 1936–8 

Colin Dunlop and Lisa White review these important early excavations

 

THE SOCIAL SIDE OF SWEATHOUSES 

Katie Kearns hopes to bring these intriguing structures in from the cold 

 

A FORGOTTEN SITE IN ROGERSTOWN ESTUARY 

Mick Mongey presents evidence for the former existence of a tidal mill

 

CÚ CHULAINN ON IRISH HIGH CROSSES 

Cormac Bourke offers a reinterpretation of some figured panels 

 

MUSEUM PIECE

Brian Walsh tells us about Dundalk’s County Museum and describes a piece from its collection

 

BOOK REVIEW 

Hilary White reviews The archaeology of wild birds in Britain and Ireland by Dale Serjeantson