THE PAST IN THE PRESENT

Volume 37 No. 2 / Issue No. 144

Summer 2023

Volume 37 No. 2 Issue No. 144

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14 MONASTERBOICE

MYSTERY RESOLVED? George Sevastopulo and Roger Stalley seek the source of the stone of the famous Louth high crosses 19 DIRK MAAS AT THE

BATTLE OF AUGHRIM Pádraig Lenihan identifies an eyewitness to the significant 1691 battle 24 ARMAGH CATHEDRAL

In this contribution to Folklore Focus Marion Dowd describes successive difficulties in church construction at Armagh

30 BLACK GOLD IN

ROSCOMMON Ros Ó Maoldúin, Alison Sheridan, Eve Campbell and Lore Troalen explore the significance of a terminal plate of an Early Bronze Age jet spacer-plate necklace from Gortnacrannagh

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Black gold in Roscommon A jet necklace from Gortnacrannagh

Rostellan to Sherkin Intertidal megaliths in Cork Archaeobotany Plant macro-remains

Benchmarks Surveying symbols examined

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Cover: Muiredach’s Cross, Monasterboice, seen from the east (Roger Stalley).

45 MONUMENTS AND

LEGISLATION In this contribution to the Know Your Monuments series Muiris O’Sullivan and Liam Downey review the place of archaeological monuments in legislation 50 ROSTELLAN TO

SHERKIN: INTERTIDAL MEGALITHS ON THE CORK COAST Michael Gibbons explores some vulnerable prehistoric tombs on the south coast

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25 BENCHMARKS—A VIEW

FROM UP NORTH Peter Wilson and Frances Wilson look at the types and styles, significance and heritage of these familiar surveying symbols

36 ARCHAEOBOTANY: WHAT

CAN PLANT MACROREMAINS TELL US? In this contribution to our Environmental Archaeology series Penny Johnston explains the value of studying plant remains from archaeological excavations 41 BURNT MOUNDS—THE

ANSWER IS UNDER YOUR FINGERNAILS ... Jennifer Breslin takes a fresh look at burnt mounds and their functions

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