No country is as rich in field antiquities as Ireland, and this work gives an account in simple language of the origin, purpose, date and distribution of all classes of monuments with the exception of ecclesiastical remains and medieval castles. It provides the general reader with all the information he is likely to need on such monuments as forts, megalithic tombs, crannogs and stone circles and is an exceptionally useful book for the student. Published in 1979, this fifth edition was thoroughly revised and updated to include more recently discovered sites and new interpretations. Includes map and chronological table.

A book devoted to studies of portable artefacts, the contents of which include: Early Celtic art on the continent ( O. H. Frey ); Knobbed spearbutts revisited ( Barry Raftery ); The oldest extant post-medieval table-fork ( L. Flanagan ) and An Iron Age lead pin from County Donegal ( Richard Warner ). There are lots of excellent illustrations in this wide-ranging and valuable work.