In County Meath in eastern Ireland sits the world heritage site of Brú na Bóinne. The late 4th millennium BC megalithic tombs have been labeled "passage tombs" by archaeologists because they typically ...

In 2003, archaeologist Stefan Baer surveyed the limestone plateau above Carrowkeel in County Sligo, where hut foundations had ...

Archaeologists in Ireland have identified what they describe as the largest clustered prehistoric village ever found in Britain and Ireland, a hilltop community whose scale and planning overturn ...

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 ...

An archaeological site in Dublin with an unusually large collection of cattle remains could potentially change the understanding of beef and cattle herding in Middle Neolithic Ireland and Europe. Data ...

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 ...

Archaeological studies of a landscape in eastern Ireland have turned up the greatest number yet of ancient structures that remain rare in that country, and may cast light on the beliefs and burial ...

DUBLIN, IRELAND—According to a report in The Journal, the Carrickgollogan tomb, which is located on farmland in County Dublin, has collapsed. All of Ireland’s Neolithic wedge tombs, including the ...