- Hardcover: 704 pages
- Publisher: Blackstaff Press Ltd; illustrated edition edition (Nov 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0856407232
- ISBN-13: 978-0856407239
- Product Dimensions: 27.6 x 22.6 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #10 in Books > History > Archaeology > Environmental Archaeology
- #14 in Books > History > Archaeology > Maritime Archaeology
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Strangford Lough in County Down has been officially designated an Area of Outstanding Beauty. For thousands of years, however, its appeal was much more practical. Its vast natural harbour provided refuge for generations of seafarers seeking shelter from the notoriously dangerous Irish Sea and the fertility of its land and the richness of its wildlife proved a strong attraction for human settlement. The high quality of archaeology around the Logh has been recognized for many years. From 1995 to 2000 Northern Ireland's Environment and Heritage Service, conscious that the shore and seabed of the lough were hiding many more secrets, undertook a survey of the maritime cultural landscape. The results of the survey, published here, challenge our preconceptions about the knowledge and skills of our ancestors -excavations at Nendrum, for instance, revealed a seventh-century tidal corn-mill that demonstrated a previously unknown level of engineering sophistication. This illustrated volume seeks to present the survey results in a readily accessible form, adding to our appreciation of Strangford's past but also broadening the way we look at Ireland's history as a maritime region.
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THOMAS McERLEAN, ROSEMARY McCONKEY and WES FORSYTHE are archaeologists with the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at the University of Ulster, Coleraine.
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Format:Hardcover
It was recommended as a door stop but this hardly does justice to this weighty and highly informative tome. Beautifully presented and very knowledgeably written it is not just a tidal millpond of archaeological data it is also fill to the brim with history and facts about this Lough, the greatest sea inlet in Ireland. The productive team of McErlean, McConkey and Forsythe have displayed great academic rigour and have been ably supported in this substancial work by Breen , Williams and many others.
Format:Hardcover
This book is a gem, it is just a shame that they only did two prints of it, making it inaccessible to most. I got the original print copy as did my wife, who's work actually features in the book in a field-walking exercise carried out near Castle Espie. Having both studied archaeology, and having grown up on the shores of Strangford Lough it is heart-warming to see the area get national and international recognition through this outstanding survey. I know that similar texts are forthcoming for other inland waterways and coastlines in Ireland, perhaps a reprint of the Strangford Lough book would allow a wider audience to enjoy its contents.
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