Regional variation in Irish pre-Romanesque architecture

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dc.contributor.authorÓ Carragáin, Tomás
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-16T13:00:01Z
dc.date.available2026-02-16T13:00:01Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThis paper demonstrates that the five Irish early medieval church types have markedly differential distributions. In particular, most of those with antae are in the east, while most of those without antae are in the west. It is shown that this regionalism cannot be interpreted as a deliberate strategy of material differentiation on the part of particular politico-cultural groups. An econsideration of the chronology suggests that many of the antae-less churches are relatively late, and so the division is primarily indicative of differences in the period and rate of mortared church construction, something that is influenced by both environmental and cultural factors. It is suggested that differences in church dimensions between east and west are indicative of subtle economic differences; and a range of archaeological evidence is used to sketch other economic and cultural variations. These patterns highlight the importance of exploring regionality, even when studying relatively cohesive entities such as early medieval Ireland.en
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dc.identifier.authororcidÓ Carragáin, Tomás §0000-0001-7227-4287
dc.identifier.citationÓ Carragáin, T 2005, 'Regional variation in Irish pre-Romanesque architecture', Antiquaries Journal, vol. 85, pp. 23-56.
dc.identifier.endpage56
dc.identifier.issn0003-5815
dc.identifier.journaltitleAntiquaries Journal
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-7227-4287/work/205899920
dc.identifier.startpage23
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/18529
dc.identifier.volume85
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.rights© 2005, The Society of Antiquaries of London.
dc.rights.accessrightsopen access
dc.rights.licensenameAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.statusPeer reviewed
dc.subjectIrish early medieval church types
dc.subjectAntae
dc.subjectEast
dc.subjectWest
dc.subjectIreland
dc.subject[HumanEnvironment]
dc.titleRegional variation in Irish pre-Romanesque architectureen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)
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