Product Description

Newgrange is the most visited archaeological site in Ireland. Every year around 250,000 people come to the see this Neolithic passage tomb. This new book is a guide designed for the general reader with an interest in Irish prehistory. It explains the results of decades of excavation and analysis in one volume. It is written in a lively style that seeks at the same time to be authoritative and thorough.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #209121 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-04
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 132 pages

About the Author
Geraldine Stout is an archaeologist with the Archaeological Survey of Ireland, Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht. She is author of Newgrange and the Bend of the Boyne (Cork University Press, 2002). Matthew Stout lectures on the history of the Irish landscape, early medieval Ireland, medieval archaeology, and international historiography at St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra. He is co-editor of The Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape (Cork University Press, 1997).