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Bibliography

Ireland

  • Aalen, F.H.A. (ed) 1997, Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape, Dublin.
  • Barry, T.B. 1994, The Archaeology of Medieval Ireland, London.
  • Berresford Ellis, P. 1998,The Ancient World of the Celts, London.
  • Bitel, L.M. 1990, Isle of the Saints: Monastic Settlement and Christian Community in Early Ireland, London.
  • Bracken,G.G.& Wayman, P.A. 1992, A Neolithic or Bronze-age Alignment for Croagh Patrick, Cathair Na Mart, Vol 12, Westport.
  • Bradley, I. 1999, Celtic Christianity, Making Myths and Chasing Dreams, Edinburgh.
  • Bradley, J. 1995, Scandinavian rural settlement in Ireland, Archaeology Ireland, Vol.9 No.3 issue No.33, Dublin.
  • Bradley, R. 1995, After MacWhite: Irish Rock Art in its International Context, in Ireland in the Bronze Age, Proceedings of the Dublin Conference April 1995, (eds) Waddell, J, Shee Twohig, E, Stationery Office, Dublin.
  • Cahill, T. 1995, How the Irish Saved Civilisation, the Untold story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe, London.
  • Casey, M. 1993, Report on the Archaeological excavation of Doonagappul promontory fort, Strake townland, Clare Island, Co. Mayo, in New Survey of Clare Island, Gosling, P. (ed) 1991-1995, Royal Irish Academy. Unpublished
  • Clarke,H.B et al, (eds) 1998, Ireland and Scandinavia in the Viking Age, Four Courts Press, Dublin.
  • Clinton, M. 2001, The Souterrains of Ireland, Wordwell, Wicklow
  • Corlett, C. 1996, Prehistoric Pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick, Cathair na Mart, no. 16.
  • Corlett, C. 1998 The Prehistoric Ritual Landscape of Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo, Journal of Irish Archaeology, vol. 9.
  • Corlett, C. 2001 Antiquities of West Mayo, Wordwell, Wicklow.
  • Edwards, N. 1999, The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland, London.
  • Gibbons, E.K. Kelly, E.P. 2003, A Viking Age farmstead in Connemara, Archaeology Ireland, Vol. 17, No.1, Issue No.63, Dublin.
  • Gillmor, D. (ed) 1989, The Irish Countryside, Landscape, Wildlife, History, People, Dublin.
  • Harbison, P. 2000, The Art and Architecture of Ireland, Dublin
  • Harbison, P. Potterton, H. Sheehy, J. 1978, Irish Art and Architecture: From Prehistory to the Present, London.
  • Henry, F. 1947 The Antiquities of Caher Island, Journal of the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.
  • Hughes, H. 1991, Croagh Patrick, an Ancient Mountain Pilgrimage, Westport
  • Knox, H.T. 1908, The History of County Mayo, Dublin.
  • Lalor, B. 1999, The Irish Round Tower, Origins and Architecture Explored, Cork.
  • Lucas, A. 1989 Cattle in ancient Ireland, as found in Stout, M. 2000 The Irish Ringfort, Four Courts Press, Dublin.
  • Madden, J. 1999, Geophysical Signatures of Various archaeological sites/monuments at Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo, MSc Thesis, NUIG, Galway.
  • Martin, F.X.& Moody, T.W. (eds) 1994, The Course of Irish History, Mercier Press, Dublin.
  • Mitchell, F. Ryan, M. 1997, Reading the Irish Landscape, Dublin
  • Morahan, L. 1996, An Archaeological Survey of the Mayo Abbey Parish.
  • Morahan, L. 2001 Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo archaeology, landscape and people, Croagh Patrick Archaeological Committee, Mayo
  • O'Kelly, M.J. 1995 Early Ireland, An Introduction to Irish Prehistory, Cambridge University Press.
  • Ó'Ríordáin, S.P. 1987 Antiquities of the Irish Countryside, Fifth Edition, Methuen, London and New York.
  • O'Sullivan, A. 1998 The Archaeology of Lake settlement in Ireland, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.
  • RCAHMS, 1999, Kilmartin, Prehistoric & Early Historic Monuments, An inventory of the monuments extracted from Argyll, Vol. 6, Scotland.
  • Romilly Allen, J. 1997, Celtic Art, In Pagan and Christian Times, London.
  • Sawyer, P. 1997, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  • Sheehan, J. 1998, Early Viking Age Silver Hoards from Ireland, in Ireland and Scandinavia in the Early Viking Age, (eds) Clarke, H.B. Ní Mhaonaigh, M. Ó Floinn,R. Dublin.
  • Spence, L. 1999, The Magic Arts in Celtic Britain, London.
  • Van Hoek, M. 1993, The Prehistoric Rock Art of the Boheh Stone, Co. Mayo, Cathair Na Mart, Vol 13, Westport.
  • Van Hoek, M. 1995, The Keyhole-Pattern in the Prehistoric Rock Art of Ireland and Britain, Co. Mayo, Cathair Na Mart, Vol 13, Westport.
  • Waddell, J. 1998, The Prehistoric Archaeology of Ireland, Galway.
  • Walsh, G. 1994 Preliminary Report on the Archaeological Excavations on the Summit of Croagh Patrick, 1994, Cathair Na Mart, No 14, 1994, Journal of the Westport Historical Society, Mayo.
  • Walsh, P. 1983, The Monastic Settlement on Rathlin O'Birne Island, County Donegal, JRSAI, 113.
  • Suggested Reading
  • Bitel, L.M. 1990, Isle of the Saints: Monastic Settlement and Christian Community in Early Ireland, London.
  • Bradley, I. 1999, Celtic Christianity, Making Myths and Chasing Dreams, Edinburgh.
  • Corlett, C. 2001 Antiquities of West Mayo, Wordwell, Wicklow.
  • Hughes, H. 1991, Croagh Patrick, an Ancient Mountain Pilgrimage, Westport
  • Martin, F.X.& Moody, T.W. (eds) 1994, The Course of Irish History, Mercier Press, Dublin.
  • Mitchell, F. Ryan, M. 1997, Reading the Irish Landscape, Dublin

Norway

  • Bertelsen, R. 1998, Vågans kirkested fra tusenårsskiftet til 1300 tallet. Fra Kong Øysteins kirke til Lofotkatedralen. In "Vågan kirke 100 år", Brun, H. (ed) Offset Nord Press.
  • Hommedal, A. T. 1995, Selja i Nordfjord. Som Moser eit brohovud i kristingsprosessen, In "Møte mellom hedendom og kristendom i Norge", Lidèn, H. E. (ed), University Press.
  • Johansen, G. A. 2000, Trekullproduksjon på Vestvågøya i perioden 1100-1700. Et bidrag til diskusjon omkring temaet nordnorsk jernvinne og smieaktivitet. Unpublished, University of Tromsø.
  • Johansen, O. S. 1979, Jernaldergårder i Nord-Norge. In: "På leiting etter den eldste garden", Fladby & Sandnes (ed). University Press.
  • Johansen, O.S. 1982, Den eldste bosetningen i Borge og Valberg. In "Borge og Valberg bygdebok". Bodø.
  • Johansen, O.S and Søbstad, T. 1977, De nordnorske tunanleggene fra jernalderen. In "Viking" 1977.
  • Landnåmsboken. 1997, Thorleif Dahls Kulturbibliotek. Aschehoug press.
  • Larssen, I. 1985, Innberetning om prøveundersøkelse i tunanlegg. Bøstad, gnr 92, bnr 12. Topographical archive, Museum of Tromsø. Unpublished.
  • Magnus, B. 1975, Krosshaugfunnet. Et forsøk på kronologisk og stilhistorisk plassering i 5. årh. Stavanger museums skrifter ; 9. Stavanger.
  • Munch, Johansen & Roesdal (eds). 2003, Borg in Lofoten. A chieftain's farm in North Norway. Arkeologisk Skriftserie 1. Acadamic press.
  • Nilsen, G. 1998, Jernaldernaust på Vestvågøy i Lofoten. Stensilserie B nr. 49. Institute of Archaeologly, Universitety of Tromsø
  • Nielssen, A. R. 2003, Viking Age chieftains in Lofoten; the Old Norse sources. In "Borg in Lofoten. A chieftains farm in Northern Norway. Munch, Johansen and Roesdal (ed)
  • Rindal, M & G. Steinsland. 2001, Heilage Stader i Norge. Samlaget press.
  • Storli, I. 2001, Fra stamme til stat. Bidrag til diskusjonen omkring tunanleggenes rolle i nordnorsk jernalder. In Viking 2001.

    Further reading

  • Munch, Johansen & Roesdal (eds), 2003. Borg in Lofoten. A chieftain's farm in North Norway. Arkeologisk Skriftserie 1. Acadamic press.
  • Olsen, O. 1986, Is there a relationship between pagan and Christian places of worship in Scandinavia? In "The Anglo Saxon Church. Council of British Archaeology. Research reports 60. Butler & Morris (eds). London.
  • Solberg, B. 2000. Jernalderen i Norge : ca. 500 f.Kr.-1030 e.Kr. Cappelen Akademisk, Oslo.
  • Lofotr, Vestvågøy historielag (the yearbook by the history association.
  • I arkeologiens eventyrland. 1996. Kåre Ringstad. Orkana press.
  • Clarke, Mhaonaigh and Floinn (eds) 1998, Ireland and Scandinavia in the early Viking Age. Four Courts press, Dublin.
  • Kaldal Mikkelsen, D. 1996, The Sacred heights. Trykksentralen, Harstad.

Scotland

  • Anderson, Marjorie (1973), Kings and Kingship in Early Scotland, Edinburgh
  • Armit, Ian (1997), Celtic Scotland, London
  • Bannerman, John (1974), Studies in the History of Dalriada, Edinburgh
  • J. Bannerman (1999), 'The Scottish Takeover of Pictland' in Broun and Clancy (eds), Spes Scotorum, Edinburgh, 71-94
  • Binchy, D.A. (1979), Críth Gablach, Dublin
  • Bradley, Richard (1997), Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe, London
  • Broun, Dauvit (1994), 'The Origin of Scottish Identity in its European Context', in Crawford (ed.) 21-31
  • Broun, Dauvit (1998), 'Pictish Kings 761-839: Integration with Dál Riata or Separate Development?' in S. Foster (ed.), The St Andrews Sarcophagus: A Pictish Masterpiece and its International Connections, Dublin, pp.71-83
  • Broun, D. and Clancy, T.O., eds (1999), Spes Scotorum: Hope of Scots - Saint Columba, Iona and Scotland, Edinburgh
  • Butter, Rachel (1999), Kilmartin: Scotland's Richest Prehistoric Landscape, Kilmartin, Argyll
  • Byrne, F.J. (1973), Irish Kings and High Kings, London
  • Campbell, Ewan (1999), Saints and Sea-Kings: the First Kingdom of the Scots, Edinburgh
  • Campbell, Ewan (2001), 'Were the Scots Irish?', Antiquity, vol. 75, 285-92
  • Campbell, Ewan and Crone, Anne (forthcoming), Report on the excavations of Loch Glashan, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph, Edinburgh
  • Campbell, Marion & Sandeman, Mary (1964), 'Mid Argyll: an Archaeological Survey', Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. 95, pp. 1-125
  • Charles-Edwards, Thomas (1994), 'A Contract between King and People in Early Medieval Ireland', Peritia 8, 107-119
  • Clancy, Thomas (1998), The Triumph Tree: Scotland's earliest poetry: AD 550-1350, Edinburgh
  • Clancy, Thomas and Márkus Gilbert (1995), Iona: the Earliest Poetry of a Celtic Monastery, Edinburgh
  • Crawford, Barbara (1987), Scandinavian Scotland, Leicester
  • Crawford, Barbara (ed) (1994), Scotland in Dark Age Europe, St Andrews
  • Crawford, Barbara (ed.) (2002), The Papar in the North Atlantic: Environment and History, St Andrews
  • Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, journal reference by year and page number
  • Driscoll, Stephen (2002), Alba: The Gaelic Kingdom of Scotland, AD 800 - 1124, Edinburgh
  • Dumville, David (1993), Saint Patrick, A.D. 493-1993, Woodbridge
  • Etchingham, Colmán (1996), Viking Raids on Irish Church Settlements in the Ninth Century, Maynooth.
  • Fisher, Ian (2001), Early Medieval Sculpture in the West Highlands and Islands, Edinburgh
  • Forsyth, Katherine (1996), The Ogham Inscriptions of Scotland: an edited corpus, Harvard PhD Thesis, Ann Arbor Michigan, UMI Dissertation Services, Microfilm no. 9631492
  • Forsyth, Katherine (2000), 'The Ogham Inscription at Dunadd', in Lane and Campbell, pp. 264-72
  • Foster, Sally (1996), Picts, Gaels and Scots, London
  • Foster, Sally (1998), 'Before Alba: Pictish and Dál Riata power centres from the fifth to the late ninth centuries AD', in Foster, Macinnes and McInnes, (eds), Scottish Power Centres, 1-31
  • Foster, S., MacInnes, A. and MacInnes, R. eds (1998), Scottish Power Centres from the Early Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, Glasgow
  • GAJ, Glasgow Archaeological Journal (reference by volume and page number)
  • Herbert, Máire (1988), Iona, Kells and Derry: The History and Hagiography of the Monastic Familia of Columba, Oxford
  • Hardy, McArdle and Miles (1973). A Report on the Survey of Loch Awe for Evidence of Lake Dwellings, Naval Air Command Sub-Aqua Club
  • IJNA (International Journal of Nautical Archaeology), reference by volume number, year and page numbers
  • Kist, Journal of Mid-Argyll Natural History and Antiquarian Society, reference by volume number, year and page numbers
  • Lane, Alan and Campbell, Ewan (2000), Dunadd: an Early Dalriadic Capital, Cardiff
  • McManus, Damian (1991), A Guide to Ogam, Maynooth
  • Mac Airt, Seán & Mac Niocaill, Gearóid, eds (1983), The Annals of Ulster, Dublin
  • Márkus, Gilbert (1997), Adomnán's Law of the Innocents, Edinburgh
  • Márkus, Gilbert (1999), 'Iona: Monks, Pastors and Missionaries', in Broun and Clancy (eds), Spes Scotorum, 115-38
  • Meehan, Denis (1983), Adamnán's De Locis Sanctis, Dublin
  • Morris, R. (1997),The Prehistoric Rock-Art of Argyll, Poole, Dorset
  • Morrison, Ian (1985), Landscape with Lake Dwellings: the Crannogs of Scotland, Edinburgh
  • Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí (1995), Early Medieval Ireland, 400-1200, London
  • Okasha, Elisabeth (1985), 'The Non-Ogam Inscriptions of Pictland', Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies, 43-70
  • O'Loughlin, Thomas, ed. (2001), Adomnán at Birr, AD 697, Dublin
  • O'Reilly, Jennifer (1999), 'The wisdom of the scribe and the fear of the Lord in the Life of Columba', in Broun and Clancy (eds), Spes Scotorum, 159-211
  • Origines Parochiales Scotiae, Bannatyne Club 1851-5, two volumes
  • Ritchie, Graham, ed. (1997), The Archaeology of Argyll, Edinburgh
  • PSAS, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, references by volume number, year and page
  • Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (1982), Argyll: An Inventory of the Monuments. Volume 4, Iona, Edinburgh
  • Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (1988), Argyll: an Inventory of the Monuments, volume 6, Mid-Argyll and Cowal, Prehistoric and Early Historic Monuments, Edinburgh
  • Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (1992), Argyll: an Inventory of the Monuments, volume 7, Mid Argyll and Cowal, Medieval & Later Monuments, Edinburgh
  • Sharpe, Richard (1995), Adomnán's Life of St Columba, London
  • Small, Alan (ed.) (1987), The Picts - A New Look at Old Problems, Dundee
  • Smyth, Alfred P. (1984), Warlords and Holy Men, Scotland AD 80-1000, London
  • Swift, Catherine (1997) Ogham Stones and the Earliest Irish Christians, Maynooth
  • Wasserschleben, Hermann (1885), Die Irische Kanonensammlung, Lepzig, repr. 1966

    Recommended Reading

  • Broun, D. and Clancy, T.O., eds (1999), Spes Scotorum: Hope of Scots - Saint Columba, Iona and Scotland, Edinburgh
  • Butter, Rachel (1999), Kilmartin: Scotland's Richest Prehistoric Landscape, Kilmartin, Argyll
  • Campbell, Ewan (1999), Saints and Sea-Kings: the First Kingdom of the Scots, Edinburgh
  • Clancy, Thomas and Márkus Gilbert (1995), Iona: the Earliest Poetry of a Celtic Monastery, Edinburgh
  • Sharpe, Richard (1995), Adomnán's Life of St Columba, London

 

 

   

  


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