A County Wicklow hillfort has been declared the largest, nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain by ...

High on the Bricklieve Mountains, the Carrowkeel passage tombs form one of Ireland’s largest and least understood Neolithic ...

Archaeologists have long assumed that Stone Age tombs in Ireland were built for royalty. But a new analysis of DNA from 55 skeletons found in these 5,000-year-old graves suggests that the tombs were ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Site has been excavated and restored to resemble its original construction. Dating between 3340 and 3020 BCE, NG10 potentially offered, “far-reaching consequences for our ...

The site in the Wicklow mountains is also Ireland’s earliest proto-town according to Queen’s University Belfast researchers.

Archaeologists have uncovered what could be the largest cluster of houses ever discovered in the entirety of prehistoric Britain and Ireland. Until now, the largest cluster of ancient settlements ...

New research suggests a Wicklow hillfort complex functioned as Ireland’s earliest proto-town, revealing unprecedented prehistoric scale and organisation ...

The Newgrange prehistoric monument in Ireland is a large circular mound containing a chamber. New research has cast doubts over suggestions an incestuous social elite ruled over the ancient people of ...

A newly published paper questions the belief that burial within the ‘mega’ passage tomb of Newgrange in Co Meath was the preserve of kings and other dignitaries, who represented a dynasty that ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In 2020, archaeologists in Ireland first announced a startling ...