Ireland's Largest Bronze Age Hillfort Settlement Redefines Ancient Society
TL;DR
Scientists have uncovered Ireland’s largest prehistoric hillfort settlement at Brusselstown Ring, revealing over 600 dwellings and challenging previous notions of Bronze Age social organization, suggesting a large, egalitarian community with sophisticated planning, which was gradually abandoned in the third century BCE.
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