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Beside the rath: excavations at Raheenagurren West, Co. Wexford
Raheenagurren, 2 km south-east of the town of Gorey, Co. Wexford, has long been subdivided into two separate townlands.While the exact meaning of the name is not clear, ‘Raheen’ refers to a rath or ringfort.These are typical settlement sites of the early medieval period, broadly dating from between AD 500 and 1100.They are well known in most parts of Ireland, and about 150 of them survive i…
Contributors
- National Roads Authority
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
- Breen, Thaddeus C
- Thaddeus C Breen
Creator
- Breen, Thaddeus C
Publisher
- National Roads Authority
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Subject
- archaeology
- excavation (sites)
- ringforts
- pottery
- spindle-whorl
- Archaeology
Type of item
- Text
Contributors
- National Roads Authority
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
- Breen, Thaddeus C
- Thaddeus C Breen
Creator
- Breen, Thaddeus C
Publisher
- National Roads Authority
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Subject
- archaeology
- excavation (sites)
- ringforts
- pottery
- spindle-whorl
- Archaeology
Type of item
- Text
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- CC Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Issue date
- 2007-08
Temporal
- multi-period
Place-Time
- Raheenagurren West
- https://www.logainm.ie/52992.aspx
Places
- Ireland
- Wexford
Identifier
- #9k42bv419
Format
- text
Language
- en
- eng
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-08-06T08:06:28.522Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2020-08-06T08:06:28.522Z