Scientists Have Uncovered Evidence Of #Ireland's Largest #Prehistoric #Hillfort Settlement
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https://phys.org/news/2025-12-scientists-uncovered-evidence-ireland-largest.html
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“In a recent study [(link above), the authors] identified more than 600 suspected house platforms in the Brusselstown Ring hillfort [Ireland], making it the largest nucleated settlement ever discovered in the entirety of prehistoric Britain and Ireland thus far. Subsequent test excavations revealed evidence of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age occupation as well as a potential water cistern, which may be the very first of its kind in an Irish hillfort…”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #LiDAR #survey ##bronzeage #prehistoric #irishhistory #irishmythology #wicklow #irelandsancienteast #heritageireland #mountains #monument #microtopographical #houseplatforms #culture #settlement #village #EarlyIronAge #BrusselstownRing #bronzeage #Neolithic #testpit #sampling #archaeology #excavation #cistern #monuments #Wicklow #investigation #reconstruction #irish #history
@MonumentalIreland

Neue Erkenntisse zur Ortsgeschichte und große Begeisterung bei allen Beteiligten - das ist das Fazit des kommunal-archäologischen Projekts #Schenefeldgraebtaus. Ein ausführlicher Nachbericht jetzt in der aktuelle Ausgabe des Magazins #ArchaeologieinDeutschland:
https://aid-magazin.de
#Archäologie #CitizenScience #testpit

I dug a #TimeTeam style test pit in my garden over the past couple of weeks. I give a blow by blow account - 10cm at a time - in my thread (with photos of my best finds) and ask - does anyone know what that wall is doing half a metre down? #archaeology #TestPit #LocalHistory
https://twitter.com/dtheherring/status/1594680984796020736