http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/30134531

Loughcrew : form, history and meaning in an Irish megalithic landscape

At Loughcrew, in County Meath, Ireland, remains of approximately 30 megalithic chambered cairns cluster along a ridge known as Sliabh na Caillighe (the hill of the witch, or hag). The cairns may have been first constructed c. 3500-2500 BC; at least some were re-used c. AD 100. Roughly built and lacking historic documentation, such Neolithic monuments are generally considered the province of archaeology rather than of history. From the perspective of an architectural historian, this non-excavation study of the site discusses possible roles of architecture in cultures without a written language. Addressing both form and symbolism, the dissertation comprises the first comprehensive architectural and historical documentation of Loughcrew. It adds cosmological and psychological themes to the pragmatic and adaptive concerns that generally characterize archaeological studies of buildings.

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