BURREN LIBRARY ARCHAEOLOGY

An Foras Forbartha (1973). Preliminary Report on the Monuments of Archaeological Interest in County Clare. Unpublished Report, Clare County Council 1977 Development Plan, Ennis.

Breen, M. and R. Uá Croinin (1997). Some north-west Clare tower houses. The Other Clare 21, 5-14. Ennis: Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society.

Brindley, A. L. and J. N. Lanting (1992). Radiocarbon dates from the cemetery at Poulawack, Co. Clare. The Journal of Irish Archaeology VI, 13-17.

Coffey, T. (1984). Fulachta Fiadha in the Burren. The Other Clare 8, 60-63. Ennis: Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society.

Coffey, T. (1996). Field Notes. The Other Clare 20, 57-59. Ennis: Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society.

Coffey, T. (1997). Field Notes. The Other Clare 21, 49-50. Ennis: Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society.

Comber, M. (ed.) (1999). Archaeology of the Burren, T.J. Westropp. Prehistoric Forts and Dolmens in North Clare. Ennis: Clasp Press.

Cotter, C. (1987). Teaskagh-unenclosed domestic habitation. Excavations - Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland 1987, 12-13. Dublin: Association of Irish Archaeologists.

Cotter, C. (1988). Gragan West: Bronze Age/Early Christian Settlement. Excavations - Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland 1988, 9-10. Dublin: Association of Irish Archaeologists.

Cotter, C. (1999). Western Forts Project: Cahercommaun Fort, Co. Clare - a reassessment of its cultural context. Discovery Programme Reports 5, 41-96. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy/Discovery Programme.

Crabtree, K. (1982). Evidence for the Burren's Forest Cover. In: M. Bell and S. Limbrey (Eds.) Archaeological Aspects of Woodland Ecology. Symposia of The Association for Environmental Archaeology No. 2. British Archaeological Reports International Series 146, 105-113. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports.

de Valéra, R and S. O'Nuallain (1961). Survey of the Megalithic tombs of Ireland Vol. 1. County Clare. Dublin: The Stationary Office.

Feehan, J. (2001). Looking for footprints: clues to human settlement in the pre-Archaeological l

landscape. The Other Clare 25, 70-73. Ennis: Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society.

Feighan, H. (1985). Man's Impact on the Vegetation History of the Burren, Co. Clare. MA Thesis, Unpublished. University College Cork.

Gibson, D. B. (1985). Ballyconroy: Enclosure. Excavations - Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland 1985, 12-13. Dublin: Association of Irish Archaeologists.

Gibson, D. B. (1988). Agro-pastoralism and regional social organisation in early Ireland. In: Gibson, D. B. and M. N. Geselowitz (Eds.) Tribe and Polity in Late Prehistoric Europe 41-68. New York: Plenum Publishing Corp.

Gibson, D. B. (1995). Chiefdoms, confederacies and statehood in early Ireland. In: Arnold, B. and D. Blair Gibson (Eds.) Celtic Chiefdom, Celtic State - The evolution of complex social systems in prehistoric Europe, 116-128. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Gibson, Blair. (2000) 'Nearer my chieftain, to thee: central place theory and chiefdoms revisited' in M.W. Diehl ed. Hierarchies in Action, Cui Bono. Carbondale: Center for Archaeological Investigations, Occaisional Paper No. 27. (Southern Illinois University Press). pp. 241-263

Gibson, Blair. (2004) 'Scale and its discontents' in Exploring the Role of Analytical Scale in Archaeological Interpretation, Edited by James R. Mathieu and Rachel E. Scott. Oxford: BAR International Series 1261. pp. 27-44.

Gleeson, D. F. (1934). Miscellania: Discovery of gold gorget at Burren, Co. Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquarians of Ireland LXIV, 138-139. Dublin.
Grant, C. (1990): A locational analysis of the megalithic tombs of the Burren, Co. Clare. Unpubl. M.A. Thesis. University College Dublin.
Grant, C. (1995). Mapping a Bronze Age Burren landscape. Archaeology Ireland 9(1), No. 31, 31-33. Bray.
Grogan, E. (1996). Changing Places: settlement patterns in prehistory. The Other Clare 20, 48-52. Ennis: Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society.
Grogan, E. and T. Condit (2000). The Funerary Landscape of Clare in Space and Time. In: O'Murchadha, C. (ed.) County Clare Studies, 9-29. Ennis: Clare Archaeological and Historical Society.
Hencken, H. O' N. (1935). A Cairn at Poulawack, Co. Clare (with a report on the human remains by H. L. Movius). Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquarians of Ireland 65,191-222. Dublin.
Hencken, H. O' N. (1938). Cahercommaun, a stone fort in County Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquarians of Ireland 68, 1-82. Dublin.
Jones, C. (1996). Prehistoric Farmstead at Kilnaboy. The Other Clare 20, 17-19. Ennis: Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society.
Jones C. and P. Walsh (1996). Recent Discoveries on Roughan Hill, county Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquarians of Ireland 126, 86-107. Dublin.
Jones, C. (1997). Final Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Occupation of the Burren, A Brief Review of the Evidence. The Other Clare 21, 36-38. Ennis: Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society.
Jones, C. (1998). The Discovery and Dating of the Prehistoric Landscape of Roughan Hill in Co. Clare. The Journal of Irish Archaeology IX, 27-44.
Jones, C. (2004). The Burren and the Aran Islands – Exploring the Archaeology. Cork: Collins Press.
Jones, C. and A. Gilmer (1999). First Seasons Excavations at CL 153. The Other Clare 23, 24-26. Ennis: Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society.
Jones, C. and A. Gilmer (1999). Roughan Hill, a Final Neolithic/Early Bronze Age landscape revealed. Archaeology Ireland 13 (47), 30-32. Bray.
Kirwan, S. (1992). Sites and Monuments Record, County Clare. Dublin: Office of Public Works/ Archaeological Survey of Ireland.
Korff, A. and J. O`Connell (1986, 1988, 1989): The Burren. Three Comprehensive Guides and Maps to the History and Archaeology of the Burren. Kinvara, Co. Galway.
Lynch, A. (1986). Poulnabrone portal tomb. Excavations - Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland 1986, 12. Dublin: Association of Irish Archaeologists.
Lynch, A. (1988). Poulnabrone- A Stone in Time. Archaeology Ireland 2 (3), 105-107. Bray.
Lynch, A. and B. Ó Donnabhain (1994). Poulnabrone Portal Tomb. The Other Clare 18, 5-7. Ennis: Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society.
MacMahon, M. (1982). Bronze Age Ritual Monuments (?) in the Burren. The Other Clare 6, 5-7. Ennis: Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society.
McCormick, F. (1995). Cows, Ringforts and the Origins of Early Christian Ireland. Emania- Bulletin of the Navan Research group 13, 33-38. Belfast: Queens University.
Mytum, H. (1982). The location of early churches in northern County Clare. British Archaeological Reports (British Series) 102, 351-361. Oxford.
Ní Ghabhláin, S. (1988). Carved Stone Head from Glencolumbkille, County Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquarians of Ireland 118, 135-138. Dublin.
Ní Ghabhláin, S. (1990). Noughval, house site. Excavations - Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland 1990, 15. Dublin: Association of Irish Archaeologists.
Ní Ghabhláin, S. (1995). Church and Community in Medieval Ireland: The Diocese of Kilfenora. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquarians of Ireland 125, 61-84. Dublin.
O'Connell, M., Molloy, K. and McMahon, H. (2001). Reconstructing prehistoric farming activity and human impact at a fine spatial resolution: palaeoecological investigations at Mooghaun, Co. Clare, western Ireland. In: Schauer, P. (ed.), Beiträge zur Siedlungsarchäologie und zum Landschaftswandel. Regensburger Beiträge zur Prähistorischen Archäologie, 7, 161-186.
Ó Donnabháin, B. The Stone Fort at Cahercommaun. The Other Clare 6-7. Ennis: Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society.
O'Donovan, J. and E. Curry (1839). The Antiquities of County Clare. Republished 1997. Ennis: Clasp Press.
Ó Drisceoil, D. (1988). Burnt Mounds: cooking or bathing? Antiquity 62, 671-680. Antiquity Publications Ltd. Oxford University Press.
O'Flanagan, M. (ed.)(1839): Letters containing information relative to the Antiquities of the County of Clare Collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1939, Bray. (three typescript volumes, College Library, UCG)
Ó Nualláin, S. (1983). Irish Portal Tombs: Topography, Siting and Distribution. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquarians of Ireland 113, 75-105. Dublin.
Plunkett-Dillon, E. (1983). Karren Analysis as an Archaeological Technique. In: Reeves-Smith, T. and F. Hammond (Eds.) Landscape Archaeology in Ireland. British Archaeological Reports British Series 116, 81-94. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports.
Plunkett-Dillon, E. (1985): Land Use history in the Burren. IQUA Newsletter 8, 15.
Plunkett-Dillon, E. (1985). The Field Boundaries of the Burren, Co. Clare. Unpublished PhD thesis, Trinity College Dublin.
Ryan, M. (1994). Poulawack, Co. Clare: the Affinities of the Central Burial Structure. In: Ó Corrain, D. (ed.) Irish Antiquity: Essays and Studies presented to Prof. M. J. O'Kelly 134-146. Dublin: Four Courts Press.
Rynne, E. (1968). Excavation of a House-site in Fanore Sandhills, Co. Clare. North Munster Antiquarian Journal XI, 7-12. Limerick.
Rynne, E. (1975). The Corcomroe wooden graveslab. North Munster Antiquarian Journal XIII, 37-39. Limerick.
Rynne, E. (1982). The early Iron Age in County Clare. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 24, 4-18. Limerick.
Sheehen, J. (1982). The early historic church sites of North Clare. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 24, 29-47. Limerick.
Swan, D. L. (1991). The Churches, Monasteries and Burial Grounds of the Burren. In: O'Connell, J. W. and A. Korff (eds.) The Book of the Burren, 95-118. Kinvara: Tir Eolas.
Swan, D. L. (1991). Some Ecclesiastical Sites in County Clare. The Other Clare 15, 61-63. Ennis: Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society.
Swinfen, A. (1992). Forgotten Stones- Ancient Church Sites of the Burren and Environs. Dublin: Lilliput Press.
Ua Cróinín, R. and M. Breen (1996). Interesting Remains at Lemeneagh. The Other Clare 20, 46-48. Ennis: Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society.
Ua Cróinín, R. and M. Breen (1996). Some Tower Houses with Bawns in the Burren. The Other Clare 20, 5-13. Ennis: Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society.
Waddell, J. (1991). The First People, The Prehistoric Burren. In: O'Connell, J. W. and A. Korff (eds.) The Book of the Burren, 59-76. Kinvara: Tir Eolas.
Watts, W. A. (1963). Late-Glacial Pollen Zones in Western Ireland. Irish Geography 4(5), 367-376. Dublin: Geographical society of Ireland.
Watts, W. A. (1984). The Holocene Vegetation of The Burren, western Ireland. In: Haworth, E. Y. and J. W. G. Lund (Eds.), Lake Sediment and Environmental History, 359-376. Leicester University Press.
Watts, W.A. (1988). Quaternary Vegetation Cycles. In: Edwards, K J. and W. P. Warren (Eds.) The Quaternary History of Ireland, 155-184. London: Academic Press.
Westropp, T. J. (1897). Prehistoric stone forts of Northern Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 27, 116-127. Dublin.
Westropp, T.J. (1899). Notes on the Lesser Castles or "Peel Towers" of the County of Clare". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Vol. 20, 348-65 and Plates XVI-XVII.
Westropp, T.J. (1900-02). The Cahers of County Clare: Their Names, Features and Bibliography. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 22, 272-336.
Westropp, T.J. (1900-02). The Churches of County Clare, and the Origin of the Ecclesiastical Division in that County. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Vol. 22, 100-180.
Westropp, T. J. (1905). Prehistoric Remains (Forts and Dolmens) along the border of the Burren in Co. Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Series 5 XV, 205-208, 342-361. Dublin.
Westropp, T. J. (1909). The forests of the counties of the lower Shannon Valley. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 27C, 270-300. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy.

 

Additional References (received from 1/1/06 onward):

Gibson, Blair. (2004) 'Scale and its discontents' in Exploring the Role of Analytical Scale in Archaeological Interpretation, Edited by James R. Mathieu and Rachel E. Scott. Oxford: BAR International Series 1261. pp. 27-44.

Gibson, Blair. (2000) 'Nearer my chieftain, to thee: central place theory and chiefdoms revisited' in M.W. Diehl ed. Hierarchies in Action, Cui Bono. Carbondale: Center for Archaeological Investigations, Occaisional Paper No. 27. (Southern Illinois University Press). pp. 241-263

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