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Seán P. Ó Ríordáin.
Antiquities of the Irish Countryside, fourth edition.

Published London: Methuen & Co., 1968 reprint (previously issued 1965; original edn. was 1942).
Series: University Paperbacks.
SBN 416684408.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Fletcher & Son, Norwich.
Size: 130x205x10mm.
Page count: text xvii,108pp; plates 48pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: covers somewhat stained and yellowed with age, some wear at the edges and corners, some creasing to the spine; text appears to be free of marking.


This item £2.50
plus P&P £2.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 271g.

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No medieval emphasis. Contents: Forts; Souterrains; House-sites; Coastal dwelling sites; Ancient cooking-places; Crannógs; Megalithic tombs; Burial mounds; Standing stones; Stone alignments; Stone circles.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: 5 text figures, plus 48 pages of plates, all monochrome
Maps & plans: 1
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 9pp
Index: yes 

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See also | Ireland | Landscape |

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