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The hoard of buffered bronze rings (2823A/B/C/D), Dún Aonghasa.
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The Inner Enclosure,Dún Aonghasa, plan and profiles of Wall 1 and Wall 2b. C-C1 and F-F1 show profile across quarry trench (Cutting 4 and Cutting 14).
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The interior of the church beside Malahide Castle, Co. Dublin, looking west.
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The interior of the wall chamber, Dún Aonghasa. Close up detail of Figure 6.88 at a more advanced stage of excavation.
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The internal face of wall 1, northern sector, Dún Aonghasa. Here the face of the lower terrace has been built over large blocks probably reused from earlier structures.
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The junction of Wall 2a (on right) and Wall 2b seen from the interior (south) side, Dún Aonghasa. Looking northeast.
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The kerb along the eastern sector of the chevaux de frise, Dún Aonghasa. Looking north.
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The known medieval landing places in the Dublin region, attested in the sources (map by Niall Brady).
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The large, flat-toppped motte at Galtrim, Co. Meath, was probably built by Hugh de Hussey in the early 1170s, but appears to have been abaondoned by 1176.
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The locations of sections of the Pale boundary that are still visible in the twenty-first century.
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The main methods of woodland management are A) coppicing and B) pollarding.
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The main prehistoric sites recorded on the Aran islands.
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The middle and inner enclosures, Dún Aonghasa, during excavation in 1992. The demolished section of Wall 2a is visible in Cutting 2 on the exterior of the inner enclosure. The quarried hollows identified during the initial site survey are highlighted.
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The middle enclosure wall, Dún Aonghasa.
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The monastery on Inch Island, Lough Gowna.
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The more irregular stonework of the inner wall face, Dún Eoghanachta, makes it difficult to identify repair work of any era. Western sector beside structure A.
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The motte at Clane, Co. Kildare. This tree-covered earthwork castle is now surrounded by a housing estate.
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The motte at Hortland, Co. Kildare, is just 50m from the site of a church. There is now no trace above ground of either the church or the stone castle that is recorded at this site.
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The motte at Mainham, Co. Kildare, is situated in pasture land close to the medieval church.
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The narrow treads of steps 3, Dún Eoghanachta.
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