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O’Kelly, Michael. Newgrange: Archaeology, Art and Legend. London: Thames and Hudson, 1982. [Definitive account of the excavations from 1962 to 1975. Essential background to discussions of the astronomical significance of the roof-box and other putative astronomical associations.]
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Power, Denis. Archaeological Inventory of County Cork, Volume 1: West Cork. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992. [Inventory of monuments.]
———. Archaeological Inventory of County Cork, Volume 2: East and South Cork. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994. [Inventory of monuments.]
———. Archaeological Inventory of County Cork, Volume 3: Mid Cork. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997. [Inventory of monuments.]
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Rebullida Conesa, Amador. Astronomнa y Religiуn en el Neolнtico-Bronce. Terrassa, Spain: Editorial Иgara, 1988. [One of numerous works claiming to have uncovered evidence of highly sophisticated ancient astronomy based upon fitting a detailed numerological interpretation to megalithic alignments and rock art. Such works typically pay little or no attention to testing the proposed explanation against alternatives that might fit the data just as well, or to broader evidence relating to the social context. In Spanish.]