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The Beara Peninsula in counties Cork and Kerry is one of the richest archaeological landscapes in Ireland. Hundreds of prehistoric monuments have been recorded in that area, dating from the Bronze Age to medieval times. The hill valleys of the peninsula also contain an important landscape record of early farm settlement, where entire field patterns are preserved under the growth of blanket peat. This book is the first detailed study to be published on pre-bog fields and early farming in Ireland. It contains the results of new archaeological research for anyone interested in prehistoric and early medieval Ireland, and in the story of Irish farming and its impact on the environment over the past 4000 years. This is a story similar to that of the Ceide Fields in Mayo.

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William O'Brien is Professor of Archaeology in University College Cork, where he lectures on prehistory. His research interests lie in the area of Chalcolithic and Bronze Age studies, early European metallurgy and all aspects of prehistoric settlement in southwest Ireland. His previous books covered such topics as Bronze Age copper mining, the origins of Irish metallurgy, and megalithic tombs in southwest Ireland.

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