This contribution to Irish medieval studies is the result of years of research into the tile industry that flourished in Anglo-Norman Ireland. A offers a comprehensive account of Irish tiles, detailing their manufacture, the main types and decorative techniques. It gives a full inventory of the 88 sites where tiles have been located, a descriptive catalogue and complete visual index of the 505 known designs reproduced, and colour and black and white plates depicting pavements in situ. An appendix summarises the results of comparative tests on tiles from Ireland and Chester. Finally, a...

This is the second volume of the comprehensive account of excavations at Knowth, part of the Brugh na Boinne complex of ancient burial grounds which includes Dowth and Newgrange. It follows the first monograph with a report on further aspects of the prehistoric settlements which have been excavated since 1989. These include evidence for Earlier and Later 'Western' Neolithic habitation, Passage Tomb settlement, Grooved Ware activity and Beaker settlement. Future volumes in the Knowth series will examine the large Passage Tomb, megalithic art and later activity on the site, which includes Iron...