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Archaeologists have uncovered compelling new evidence that Haughey's Fort in County Armagh was one of the most significant centres of power, production and ritual in Late Bronze Age Europe,…

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Aberlemno III is regarded as one of Scotland’s finest ancient standing stones but was toppled during a storm in 2025.

Before Navan Fort became the mythological capital of the Irish province of Ulster, construction of the monumental Haughey’s Fort around 1200 BC marked the foundation of an important prehistoric centre. Here, the authors report on research integrating remote sensing, excavation and archival reassessment in the exploration of this Bronze Age landscape. Indicators of long-distance exchange and craft production of high-status artefacts, together with the presence of 204 possible structures and a ceremonial avenue leading towards a unique ritual pool, help elucidate the site’s social, economic and ritual importance, while identification of a 109ha enclosure underlines the exceptional scale of activities.

Long before written records described powerful kingdoms in Ireland, a large community had already taken shape in what is now County Armagh. Fresh archaeological research suggests that this landscape w...

The 3,000-year-old Haughey’s Fort ‘was a thriving and complex hub’ some 400 years earlier than previously thought, academics say

Before Navan Fort became the mythological capital of the Irish province of Ulster, construction of the monumental Haughey’s Fort around 1200 BC marked the foundation of an important prehistoric centre. Here, the authors report on research integrating remote sensing, excavation and archival reassessment in the exploration of this Bronze Age landscape. Indicators of long-distance exchange and craft production of high-status artefacts, together with the presence of 204 possible structures and a ceremonial avenue leading towards a unique ritual pool, help elucidate the site’s social, economic and ritual importance, while identification of a 109ha enclosure underlines the exceptional scale of activities.

Haughey’s Fort: a major complex of power, production and ritual in Late Bronze Age Europe

The 3,000-year-old Haughey’s Fort ‘was a thriving and complex hub’ some 400 years earlier than previously thought, academics say

The 3,000-year-old Haughey’s Fort ‘was a thriving and complex hub’ some 400 years earlier than previously thought, academics say

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This book offers a timely roadmap for navigating the material and intangible legacies of prehistory with which we live today. Drawing on a series of global case…

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The UHI Archaeology Institute has organised a conference at the Historic Environment Scotland (HES) Engine Shed next week, looking at the ways in which Roman society may have influenced Iron Age communities in northern Scotland.

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Our article for Antiquity provides the first overview of the Melsonby Hoards, probably the largest deposit of Iron Age metalwork ever encountered in Britain. Radiocarbon dating confirmed that the…

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