Captain Cuellar's Adventures in Connaught and Ulster, A.D. 1588 by Francisco De Cuellar

Overlooking the northern shores of Lough Gill, the castle has had several different phases of occupation. Newtown Castle | O'Rourke's Castle | Parke's Castleįew castles in Ireland have a more beautiful setting or a more enigmatic history than Parke's Castle, County Leitrim. Aquatic environments, viewed both as individual locations as well as continuous and connecting waterways, are introduced for their differences and similarities, and simplified examples of material and legislation are introduced in order to contextualize submarine sites and practices within the greater fields of prehistory and underwater archaeology.Parke's Castle, a fortified manor house built around 1630 using the site and stones of the earlier Newtown Castle which belonged to Sir Brian O'Rourke. A holistic evaluation of prehistoric archaeological landscapes must include inland-waters and coastal zones and their relationships. Despite this, there exist similarities that, if ignored, risk increased marginalisation of the archaeology of submerged landscapes from the greater field of prehistoric archaeology. Some of these differences are the result of location, function and period. While this renewed interest lies primarily in modern coasts and seas, there are a variety of differences between the submerged prehistoric archaeologies of inland and marine environments, ranging from questions of scientific research to heritage management to practical field methods. Studies in submerged prehistoric archaeology have gained momentum in recent years with particular focus on the inundated landscapes of the European continental shelf. The ultimate aim of this dissertation is thus to demonstrate the fundamental features of aquatic-associated cult on a general diachronic level across Irish prehistory. The ideologies underpinning these phenomena are also explored. Amongst these topics are hunter-gatherer cosmologies, Neolithic-Bronze Age petroglyphs, monumental incorporation of the aquatic, trends in the practice of object deposition in watery places, and bog bodies. Provided is an interpretative synthesis of previously disjointed evidence, of topics commonly discussed separately but felt by the author to be most relevant to each other and collectively enlightening of a fascinating subject in Irish prehistory and maritime studies. A further concern is what this numinous aquatic can tell us about the prehistoric societies of Ireland. This dissertation investigates the ways in which aquatic places – be they the sea, rivers, lakes, bogs, springs, wells or artificial constructions – were symbolically and ritually used throughout Irish prehistory to express religious beliefs.

Captain Cuellar's Adventures in Connaught and Ulster, A.D. 1588 by Francisco De Cuellar