James O’Driscoll
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Lecture in geospatial archaeology at the University of Glasgow, interested in landscape archaeology, GIS, remote sensing, hillforts, causewayed enclosures and anything big on top of a hill
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Shared for #HillfortsWednesday Dated to c.1200 BC, Haugheys Fort is a substantial hillfort on a ridge in County Armagh, Ireland. The site formed the core of an extensive complex that combined settlement, specialised craft work & formal ritual activity.
Europe's earliest 'town-like' settlement; Haughey’s Hillfort
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Ireland's Navan landscape is best-known as an #IronAge capital, but also contains tons of #BronzeAge #archaeology Identification of hundreds of features at Haughey's Fort suggests it was already a major centre over 3000 years ago. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #HillfortsWednesday
📰 Was Haughey's Fort in Northern Ireland "one of the most significant centres of power, production and ritual in Late Bronze Age Europe"? 🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @heritagedaily.bsky.social www.heritagedaily.com/2026/07/bron...
Bronze Age hillfort in Northern Ireland was a centre of power and ritual
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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Paperback version of my book available for pre order for the exceptionally low price of €26. Absoloute bargain if I do say so myself, thanks to the good people of Four Courts Press. www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/l...
Four Courts Press | Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland AD 400-1150
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The #IronAge landscape of Navan Fort was one of the five ancient capitals of Ireland #FolkloreThursday 🏺 #Archaeology New research has uncovered evidence for a major #BronzeAge centre there, suggesting the region's importance dates back much earlier than expected. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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This week I have been spending my time in Aberlemno. AOC Archaeology are undertaking an excellent and intriguing excavation for us, to try and unpick the biography of Aberlemno 3 www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5533...
Aberlemno work begins to unlock more secrets of 1,200-year-old Angus Pictish stone
Aberlemno III is regarded as one of Scotland’s finest ancient standing stones but was toppled during a storm in 2025.
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📢 Call for Papers – CAA-UK 2026 We’re inviting papers, posters & demos on digital + quantitative approaches in archaeology. Open to students, ECRs & beyond! 🗓 26–27 Nov | 📍 Glasgow 📝 Deadlines: • Demos: 1 Sept • Papers/Posters: 16 Sept 📧 Despoina.Sampatakou@glasgow.ac.uk #Archaeology #CAAUK
Read the new research in Antiquity 🆓 Haughey’s Fort: a major complex of power, production and ritual in Late Bronze Age Europe - James O’Driscoll & Patrick Gleeson doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 12/12 🧵
Haughey’s Fort: a major complex of power, production and ritual in Late Bronze Age Europe | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
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.
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Whilst defining ancient urbanism is difficult, the research substantially advances understanding of this Bronze Age landscape, positioning it as a key site for exploring the rise of ‘proto-urbanism’, ritual landscapes and long-distance networks in north-west Europe 11/12
NEW Best known as the mythological capital of Ulster, Navan Fort was one of the five ancient capitals of Ireland. New research finds the landscape's significance stretches all the way back to the Bronze Age, indicating it was a major prehistoric centre. #AntiquityThread 1/12 🧵 🏺 #Archaeology
📰 A giant 3,200-year-old city beneath Ireland may rewrite Europe’s #ancienthistory, according to a new study published in #Cambridge journal @antiquity.ac.uk, reports @timesofindianews.bsky.social. 🔗 https://cup.org/4eZvEcC #archaeology
A giant 3,200-year-old city hidden beneath Ireland may rewrite Europe's ancient history
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...
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📰 ~400 years before nearby Navan Fort became one of Ireland's five ancient capitals, Haughey's Fort, Co. Armagh was “one of the most extensive and coherent Late Bronze Age landscapes in western Europe” 🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
One of Europe’s oldest organised settlements may be located in Northern Ireland
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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Read the new research in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Haughey’s Fort: a major complex of power, production and ritual in Late Bronze Age Europe | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
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.
doi.org
Brusselstown Ring is one of the largest hillforts in Ireland #HillfortsWednesday Recent survey suggests the presence of hundreds of roundhouses at the site, indicating a huge prehistoric settlement at the site. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology
📰 New research at a prehistoric centre in Ireland uncovers "a level of scale, organisation and connectivity in Bronze Age Ireland that has not been fully recognised until now." 🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @glasgow.ac.uk @jodarchaeology.bsky.social www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Our new paper on Haughey’s Fort, N Ireland, is out in @antiquity.ac.uk! This massive 109 hectare site has it all, from a purpose ritual made pool, to gold & bronze production, and a large, possibly ‘proto urban’ settlement @papgleeson.bsky.social #hillfortsWednesday www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Haughey’s Fort: a major complex of power, production and ritual in Late Bronze Age Europe | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Haughey’s Fort: a major complex of power, production and ritual in Late Bronze Age Europe
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Prehistoric ‘town-like’ settlement in Armagh may be one of Europe’s oldest
Prehistoric ‘town-like’ settlement in Armagh may be one of Europe’s oldest
The 3,000-year-old Haughey’s Fort ‘was a thriving and complex hub’ some 400 years earlier than previously thought, academics say
irishtimes.com
One of Europe’s oldest organised settlements may be located in Northern Ireland, at a “3,000-year-old major prehistoric centre” just outside Armagh, according to new archaeological findings. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
Prehistoric ‘town-like’ settlement in Armagh may be one of Europe’s oldest
The 3,000-year-old Haughey’s Fort ‘was a thriving and complex hub’ some 400 years earlier than previously thought, academics say
irishtimes.com
Me and Don had to fend off another Roman attack at Burnswark today!
The only time in Scotland we’ve ever had to use a tarp because it’s too sunny!
Volunteers and archaeologists are set to excavate houses and fields from a 17th- and 18th-century settlement in Glencoe 🏔️ Watch them in action from 5 to 7 July or join an Open Day on 10 July to enjoy storytelling, artefact handling, landscape tours and more: www.digitscotland.com/events/glenc...
Our 2nd week at Burnswark hillfort and we have lots more Roman sling bullets, a stone ballista ball, a trackway, house floors and some unusual rectangular pits. Finally getting some good dating for the rampart and some houses will be critical in understanding this landscape! #hillfortswednesday
We’ve been rained off a wet and foggy Burnswark Hill! But that gives us a chance to catch up on our recording and finds…lots of sling bullets and more to come, as well as golfball sized stones which may have been thrown with a Fustibalus. Happy late #hillfortswednesday! @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social
Today we started our second season of survey and excavation at Burnswark hillfort in southern Scotland, the site of a Roman assault on a large indigenous centre. Despite not being finished desodding, we already have lots of lead sling bullets! @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social @uofgnews.bsky.social
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