Settlement in Early Medieval Ireland

Résumé du livre

It is not widely known among the general public in Ireland, and perhaps among scholars beyond, that this island contains probably the richest, best-preserved early medieval settlement archaeology anywhere in Europe. In no other country is it possible, as it is here, to point to a national map depicting upwards of forty to fifty thousand early medieval settlement sites and say: 'These are only the early medieval settlements that we know about from maps and other sources; a lot more have been discovered through recent archaeological excavations'. Indeed, the professionalism and skills of our archaeologists mean that our uniquely well-preserved early medieval settlement evidence has been augmented by superb archaeological excavations. In this book we are thus presented with an extraordinary collection of papers describing some of the recent key early medieval settlement excavations.