Avenues to an Afterlife?

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Full title: Exploring the Baltinglass cursus complex: routes for the dead

Creator / Author: James O’Driscoll

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article (online) / 18p

Journal Information: Antiquity First View, pp. 1-18

When Published: 25^th April 2024

Publisher / Place of Publication: Cambridge University Press on behalf of Antiquity Publications Ltd. / Cambridge, CB2 8AE, United Kingdom

About: James O’Driscoll, who has spent the past number of years investigating the Baltinglass Hillfort Complex, now presents his latest findings in an online article under the aegis of the scholarly journal ‘Antiquity’. The author describes a cluster of cursus monuments that have been discovered using the newest archaeology tools and techniques. This is the first time that a cluster of such monuments has been discoved in Ireland. The author concludes that the monuments “demonstrate a clear connection between the dead, major solar events and seasonal farming cycles”.

ID number(s): 0003-598X (Print), 1745-1744 (Online)

Article Contents: Abstract — Introduction — Neolithic Ireland and the Baltinglass Landscape — The Baltinglass Cursus Monuments — The Baltinglass Cursus Monuments in Context — Routes for the Dead? — Conclusion — Funding Statement — References.

Extra #1: includes maps and photographs.

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Extra #3: Link to the website of the journal ‘Antiquity’ at: https://antiquity.ac.uk/

Extra #4: The findings of James O’Driscoll in the above article have been picked up by a number of news outlets and social media streams. For example, ‘Newsweek’ (online edition) contains this item by Aristos Georgiou.

Banks Our Ancestors Built

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Full title: Some Cursus Monuments in South Leinster

Creator / Author: Chris Corlett

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 6p

Journal Information: Archaeology Ireland, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 20-25

When Published: Summer 2014

Publisher / Place of Publication: Wordwell Ltd. / Unit 9, 78 Furze Road, Sandyford, Dublin 18.

About: A cursus is a prehistoric construction consisting of two banks parallel to each other. They can extend for some considerable distances. Their function is not clear, although they appear to be associated with other nearby prehistoric features. This article looks at four cursuses in the South Leinster area, two of which are in West Wicklow, one which is just over the border in East Kildare and one in South Carlow.

ID number(s): 0790-892X

Extra #1: includes several colour photographs.

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Extra #5: Link to the author’s page on Academia.edu

Ancient Keadeen Kibbutz?

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Full title: A Prehistoric Enclosure at Keadeen, Co. Wicklow

Creator / Author: Christiaan Corlett

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 11pp

Journal Information: Journal of The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Volume 134, pp. 80-90

When Published: 2004

Publisher / Place of Publication: R.S.A.I / Merrion Square, Dublin

About: The article is a detailed description of the visible remains of an archaeological site which encloses several hut sites and a standing stone. The site is compared with hillforts in the area although it differs from these in that it is not located at the summit. A site excavation will be needed to try to answer questions about its origin and use.

ID number(s): 0035-9106

Extra #1: Includes 10 black & white photographs and a plan of the site.

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Armchair Archaeology

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Full title: Googling the Landscape: Discovering a Prehistoric Landscape in West Wicklow

Creator / Author: C. J. Darby

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 4p

Journal Information: Archaeology Ireland, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 20-23

When Published: Winter 2007

Publisher / Place of Publication: Wordwell Ltd. / Unit 9, 78 Furze Road, Sandyford, Dublin 18.

About: A short article about how the still-developing technology of Google Earth^TM  has been used to locate previously unrecorded field monuments in parts of West Wicklow. The article focuses on the areas of Ballinascollogue and Ballinabrocky.

ID number(s): 0790-892X

Extra #1: includes photographs and screenshots.

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