Holocene vegetation and land-use dynamics in the karstic environment of Inis Oı́rr, Aran Islands, western Ireland: pollen analytical evidence evaluated in light of the archaeological record

Vegetation history at the multi-period prehistoric complex at Ballynahatty, Co. Down, Northern Ireland

“…Many more pollen records show indications of woodland disturbance across this period but cannot be firmly associated with farming activity (e.g. Smith, 1975;Pilcher and Smith, 1979;Molloy and O'Connell, 1987;Molloy and O'Connell, 2004;Molloy, 2005). Ballynahatty Bog can now be added to this latter group as no anthropochores are certainly present.…”

Fine-spatial Paleoecological Investigations Towards Reconstructing Late Holocene Environmental Change, Landscape Evolution, and Farming Activity in Barrees, Beara Peninsula, Southwestern Ireland

“…and is maintained until the late Iron Age, when what has come to be regarded as the Late Iron Age Lull, i.e., a period of reduced activity in the early centuries of the fi rst millennium A.D. (cf. Molloy and O'Connell 2004), is recorded. In the historical period, there is evidence for sustained activity that was maintained until recent times.…”

New insights into late Holocene farming and woodland dynamics in western Ireland with particular reference to the early medieval horizontal watermill at Kilbegly, Co. Roscommon

“…9A) shows a pronounced Late Iron Age Lull (AD 100-450; Molloy and O'Connell, 2004). This was followed by substantial farming and clearances in the medieval and later periods.…”