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The Archaeology of Early Christianity in the North of Ireland
Ann Elizabeth Hamlin and Thomas R. Kerr
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One of the pressing problems listed in the first volume of the third series of the Ulster Journal of Archaeology in 1938 was the need to discover more about the character of early ecclesiastical settlements in the North of Ireland. The material remains of the early church in the north are, however, fragmentary and scattered and have been very unevenly studied. This present work was undertaken in the belief that early ecclesiastical sites deserve more concentrated study than they have received in the past. The author's initial was to bring together the scattered notices of early sites and material, to visit the sites, record the material and look at the evidence as a whole. The search for material, however, led on to the written sources and the place-name evidence, and so the work has grown from a search for material to an exploration of the interrelationships between the different sources. The study is in three parts. The introductory section explores the various approaches and the sources, including a discussion of procedure. Section II pursues the themes which emerge from the introduction. The basis for all this discussion is the material presented in section III, the gazetteer and inventory, which includes 266 sites and is accompanied by illustrations.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Acknowledgments
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Table of Contents
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PREFACE
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ANN HAMLIN PUBLICATIONS
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Foreword
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List of Figures (by Page Number)
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List of Figures (by Figure Number)
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List of Plates (by Page Number)
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List of Plates (by Plate Number)
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Chapter 1 AIMS AND PROCEDURE
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Chapter 2 THE WRITTEN SOURCES
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Chapter 3 THE CONTRIBUTION OF ARCHAEOLOGY
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Chapter 4 EARLY ECCLESIASTICAL SITES: NUMBERS AND DISTRIBUTION
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Chapter 5 EARLY ECCLESIASTICAL SITES - TOPOGRAPHY
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Chapter 6i EARLY ECCLESIASTICAL SITES: THE MATERIAL REMAINS
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Chapter 6ii CHURCHES
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Chapter 6iii ROUND TOWERS, SOUTERRAINS AND OTHER BUILDINGS
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Chapter 6iv BURIALS
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Chapter 6v CROSSES
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Chapter 6vi CROSS-CARVED STONES
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Chapter 6vii FIGURE-CARVED STONES
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Chapter 6viii BULLAUNS AND OTHER STONES
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Chapter 6ix WELLS
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Chapter 6x THE MONASTIC ECONOMY: SUBSISTENCE, SCHOLARSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY
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Chapter 6xi MONASTIC TOPOGRAPHY
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Chapter 7 HISTORICAL DISCUSSION
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Chapter 8 THE SITES FROM 1200 TO THE PRESENT DAY
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Chapter 9 THE FUTURE
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COUNTY GAZETTEERS
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APPENDICES
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ABBREVIATIONS
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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INDEX OF PLACES IN THE GAZETEER AND APPENDICES
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Published: 2008
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407321202 (ebook)
- 9781407302850 (paperback)
BAR Number: B460