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3,000-year-old Irish Bronze Age site may be one of Europe's earliest 'town-like' settlements
June 30, 2026
GLASGOW, Scotland, June 30 -- The University of Glasgow posted the following news:

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3,000-year-old Irish Bronze Age site may be one of Europe's earliest 'town-like' settlements

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A major prehistoric centre in Ireland was among the first large, organised settlements to develop in Western Europe more than 3,000 years ago, new research reveals.

A study, published today in Antiquity, identifies Haughey's Fort, . . .

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