I posted about the launch of this book way back in June 2009 and I managed to get myself a hard copy soon after. However, I just came across a free online pdf of the book hosted on the webpage of the Fingal heritage Network. Head on over for your own free copy.

The final report for the Iron and Change in Europe Conference, which I blogged about previously has just been published on the ESF website. It presents a preliminary picture of the state of knowledge of the iron industry in Europe from its first appearance to the end of the first millenium AD. this is based on summary reports for individual countries presented by the various delegates to the conference, including my one which I posted to the blog in May.

You can read the report below or download it here.

As pretty much anyone with an internet connection must have heard by now, Google recently launched its Street View service on Google Maps in Ireland. The coverage is pretty spectacular, taking in pretty much every road in Ireland and of course as the guys in the Street View car cruised around casually invading everyone's privacy, they also managed to record quite a few archaeology sites.

Newgrange, County Meath.

The Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary.

Round Tower, Killala, County mayo.

Rothe House, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny