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.

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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.

Poulaphuca Pottery Piece

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Full title: A Decorated Neolithic Rim-sherd from Britonstown, Co. Wicklow

Creator / Author: Michael Ryan

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 3p

Journal Information: Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society, Vol. 15(4), (1974 – 75), pp. 425-427

When Published: 1975

Publisher / Place of Publication: JCKAS / Kildare

About: A fragment of decorated pottery was found at water’s edge of Poulaphuca. This article sets out to identify the piece and compare it to finds from other locations.

WW Connection #1: Britonstown is in the parish of Hollywood in West Wicklow.

Extra #1: Includes illustration.

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Baltinglass Hill Excavation

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Full title: The excavation of a burial cairn on Baltinglass Hill, Co. Wicklow

Creator / Author: P. T. Walshe

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 16p

Journal Information: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Volume XLVI, Section C, No. 4, pp221 – 236

When Published: February 1941

Publisher / Place of Publication: Royal Irish Academy / Dawson Street, Dublin

About: A scholarly report on the archaeological excavation of the prehistoric burial site on the top of Baltinglass Hill, know locally as ‘The Pinnacle’.

Extra #1: includes photographs, illustrations and a fold-out plan of the site.

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