TY  - JOUR
  - Tomás Ó Carragáin
  - 2005
  - July
  - Proceedings of The Royal Irish Academy
  - Habitual masonry styles and the local organisation of church building in early medieval Ireland
  - Published
  - ()
  - 105C
  - 3
  - 99
  - 149
  - The results of a masonry analysis of the majority of Irish pre-Romanesque churchesare presented. A number of local styles are identified in high-density areas, mostlyin the west of the country and it is shown that the differences between these styleswere not determined by geology. It is argued that these styles represent habitualvariation and are therefore indicative of local groups of masons working over a relativelyshort period of time. This assessment is supported by an analysis of stonesupply that suggests that quarrying was organised in an ad hoc manner to supplylocal needs. These churches are normally placed within a broad timeframe spanningthe tenth to early-twelfth centuries but a number of factors combine to suggestthat the habitual styles are a relatively late development, perhaps mainly from themid-eleventh century onwards. Some of the implications of this proposed refinementof the existing chronology are briefly discussed.
  - Dublin
  - 0035-8991
  - 10.3318/PRIC.2005.105.1.99
DA  - 2005/07
ER  - 

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   = {Tomás Ó Carragáin },
   = {2005},
   = {July},
   = {Proceedings of The Royal Irish Academy},
   = {Habitual masonry styles and the local organisation of church building in early medieval Ireland},
   = {Published},
   = {()},
   = {105C},
   = {3},
  pages = {99--149},
   = {{The results of a masonry analysis of the majority of Irish pre-Romanesque churchesare presented. A number of local styles are identified in high-density areas, mostlyin the west of the country and it is shown that the differences between these styleswere not determined by geology. It is argued that these styles represent habitualvariation and are therefore indicative of local groups of masons working over a relativelyshort period of time. This assessment is supported by an analysis of stonesupply that suggests that quarrying was organised in an ad hoc manner to supplylocal needs. These churches are normally placed within a broad timeframe spanningthe tenth to early-twelfth centuries but a number of factors combine to suggestthat the habitual styles are a relatively late development, perhaps mainly from themid-eleventh century onwards. Some of the implications of this proposed refinementof the existing chronology are briefly discussed.}},
   = {Dublin},
  issn = {0035-8991},
   = {10.3318/PRIC.2005.105.1.99},
  source = {IRIS}
}