From the Fertile Crescent to the Atlantic edge of Europe, a wave of Neolithic farmers crossed oceans and cleared ancient ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hand out image from Queen’s University Belfast of 1. Photogrammetry map of location of roundhouse footprints at Brusselstown Ring.

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 ...

Compelling evidence of a massive ancient structure has surfaced in Ireland, where archaeologists working in the country’s Baltinglass hillfort landscape have discovered one of the largest settlements ...

DNA from a skull found at Newgrange once sparked theories of a royal incestuous elite in ancient Ireland, but new research reveals no signs of such a hierarchy. Instead, evidence suggests a ...

At first glance, the east of Ireland boasts soft green fields, busy little towns and gentle rolling rivers but a deeper look reveals a landscape rich in wonder and brimming with incredible tales: ...

The earliest directly dated wildcat (Felis silvestris) ever found in Ireland has been identified, confirming the species lived on the island more than 5,500 years ago. The discovery, by Dr Marion Dowd ...

A hillfort in Co Wicklow has been declared the "largest nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain". Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast also contend the site, located just south of ...