Medieval Agriculture and Settlement in Oughterard and Castlewarden, Co. Kildare

Authors

  • D. N. Hall University of Cambridge
  • M. Hennessy University College Dublin. 4
  • T. O'Keeffe University of Durham. Durham. DHl 3LE with an appendix by C. Heistermann, University of Kiel. FGR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55650/igj.1985.723

Abstract

This paper is an account and analysis of the results of an interdisciplinary project on the medieval period in part of north-east county Kildare. Field survey revealed relic features of open-field agriculture which were identified by comparison with English evidence and were of a form hitherto unnoticed in Ireland. Medieval settlement remains in the area, a borough site, a church, a moated site, a building platform and a tower house, are described and discussed. Documentary evidence is used to outline the development of the area through the Middle Ages. A report on a preliminary phosphate analysis is appended.

Author Biographies

D. N. Hall, University of Cambridge

Fenland Field Officer. Dept. of Archaeology.

M. Hennessy, University College Dublin. 4

Dept. of Geography.

T. O'Keeffe, University of Durham. Durham. DHl 3LE with an appendix by C. Heistermann, University of Kiel. FGR

Dept. of Archaeology.

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Published

2016-12-20

How to Cite

Hall, D. N., Hennessy, M., & O’Keeffe, T. (2016). Medieval Agriculture and Settlement in Oughterard and Castlewarden, Co. Kildare. Irish Geography, 18(1), 16–25. https://doi.org/10.55650/igj.1985.723

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (1985): Issue 1

Section

Original Articles

URN

http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:irg:ie:0000-igj.v18i1.7236

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