Volume 35 No. 2 Issue No. 136

Contents

THIS IS SPARTA ... CO. DOWN 

Colin Dunlop tells the story of a Greek minister and his passion project, a battle garden in Kilwarlin 

FOLLOWING THE MONEY 

Chris Corlett traces a possible trail of geological clues from the twelfth century 

SNAPCHAT: AN ARCHAEOLOGIST’S APP?  

Madeline Napier asks whether a social media app might be the fieldwork tool we all need 

THE COLD HILLS OF FOURKNOCKS 

Martin Ryan suggests a theory about the derivation of the name of the location of the megalithic tombs 

KNOW YOUR MONUMENTS: LATER MEDIEVAL MONASTERIES 

In this contribution to the Know Your Monuments series, Muiris O’Sullivan and Liam Downey review monasteries constructed from the twelfth to the early sixteenth century 

THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT 

Andrew Halpin reveals the untold story of Waterford’s medieval archery butts 

THE GRAVES OF THE LEINSTERMEN  

Siobhán Geraghty and Derek Ryan with Heather Gimson explore an enigmatic name for an evocative monument in County Tipperary 

TOWERINGEVOBA MEMORIALS THAT STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD 

Isabel Bennett looks at nineteenth-century replica round towers as memorials 

A CASE FOR BATTLEFIELD ARCHAEOLOGY 

Kylie Crowder looks at the origins and value of battlefield archaeology and argues for its further application in Ireland

PLUS

News 

Quote ... unquote 

News from the Net 

A note from Hy Brasil 

Events 

Book news 

Museum piece