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Garranes - An Early Medieval Royal Site in South-West Ireland (Hardcover)
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Garranes - An Early Medieval Royal Site in South-West Ireland (Hardcover)
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Ringforts were an important part of the rural settlement landscape
of early medieval Ireland (AD 400-1100). While most of those
circular enclosures were farmsteads, a small number had special
significance as centres of political power and elite residence,
also associated with specialized crafts. One such 'royal site' was
Garranes in the mid-Cork region of south-west Ireland. In 1937,
archaeological excavation of a large trivallate ringfort provided
evidence of high-status residence during the fifth and sixth
centuries AD. The site had workshops for the production of bronze
ornaments, with glass and enamel working as well as indications of
farming. Pottery and glass vessels imported from the Mediterranean
world and Atlantic France were also discovered. That trade with the
Late Roman world is significant to understanding the introduction
of Christianity and literacy in southern Ireland at that time. This
monograph presents the results of an interdisciplinary project
conducted 2011-18, where archaeological survey and excavation,
supported by various specialist studies, examined this historic
landscape. Garranes is a special place where archaeology, history
and legend combine to uncover a minor royal site of the early
medieval period. The central ringfort has been identified as Rath
Raithleann, the seat of the petty kingdom of Ui Echach Muman,
recalled in bardic poetry of the later medieval period. Those poems
attribute its foundation to Corc, a King of Munster in the fifth
century AD, and link the site closely to Cian, son-in-law of Brian
Boruma, and one of the heroes of Clontarf (AD 1014). This study
provides new evidence to connect the location of Rath Raithleann to
high-status occupation at Garranes during the fifth and sixth
centuries, and explores its legendary associations in later
periods.
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