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Archaeologists working at the site of the Brusselstown Ring in Baltinglass, Ireland have discovered the footprints of more than 600 Prehistoric Roundhouses within and between its two enclosures. The discovery was made a few years ago using both ground-based and airborne surveys. Now, a team have carried out test excavations at the site to find out more. So far this is the largest prehistoric nucleated settlement to be found in Britain and Ireland. They also discovered some surprising features during this recent excavation work.
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00:00 Breaking Ground: Introducing the New Research
00:42 Exploring the Baltinglass Archaeological Landscape
01:55 The Mystery of the Brusselstown Ring
06:25 Hillforts Uncovered: Types and Functions
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Brandherm D, Edwards C, Boutoille L, O’Driscoll J. Brusselstown Ring: a nucleated settlement agglomeration in prehistoric Ireland. Antiquity. Published online 2025:1-8. doi:10.15184/aqy.2025.10247
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Location of Brusselstown Ring888
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Figures from the paper referenced above
Location of Baltinglass, credit: O’Driscoll J., 2024.
Baltinglass cursus monuments, credit: O’Driscoll J., 2024.
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Maiden Castle ramparts, credit: Margaret Anne Clarke
Old Oswestry Hillfort, credit: Antiquary
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Badbury Rings hillfort, credit: Simaron
Stanwick Camp, credit: Kevin Waterhouse
Archaeologists working at the site of the Brusselstown Ring in Baltinglass, Ireland have discovered the footprints of more than 600 Prehistoric Roundhouses within and between its two enclosures. The discovery was made a few years ago using both ground-based and airborne surveys. Now, a team have carried out test excavations at the site to find out more. So far this is the largest prehistoric nucleated settlement to be found in Britain and Ireland. They also discovered some surprising features during this recent excavation work.
#ancient #ancienthistory #megalithic
✨ IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 Breaking Ground: Introducing the New Research
00:42 Exploring the Baltinglass Archaeological Landscape
01:55 The Mystery of the Brusselstown Ring
06:25 Hillforts Uncovered: Types and Functions
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✨ RELATED VIDEOS
Ancient CURSUS Complex Revealed By LIDAR In IRELAND
youtu.be/M7i6d7dCFdk
How And Why Were Ancient Scottish Hillforts Vitrified?
youtu.be/vQTC4EOq5gw
✨ REFERENCES
Brandherm D, Edwards C, Boutoille L, O’Driscoll J. Brusselstown Ring: a nucleated settlement agglomeration in prehistoric Ireland. Antiquity. Published online 2025:1-8. doi:10.15184/aqy.2025.10247
Online Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk
✨ PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
Google Earth
Location of Brusselstown Ring888
CC BY 4.0 DEED creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Figures from the paper referenced above
Location of Baltinglass, credit: O’Driscoll J., 2024.
Baltinglass cursus monuments, credit: O’Driscoll J., 2024.
CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Maiden Castle ramparts, credit: Margaret Anne Clarke
Old Oswestry Hillfort, credit: Antiquary
CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Badbury Rings hillfort, credit: Simaron
Stanwick Camp, credit: Kevin Waterhouse
