Over 600 house platforms discovered at Brusselstown Ring! This Late Bronze Age settlement from c. 1200–400 BC is the largest nucleated settlement ever found in Britain & Ireland. 🏰
Key facts:
- Over 600 suspected house platforms identified at Brusselstown Ring using airborne surveys and Lidar
- Late Bronze Age and early Iron Age occupation confirmed (c. 1210–780 BC)
- A cistern and potential water management system discovered — possibly the first of its kind in an Irish hillfort
- Part of the Baltinglass Hillfort cluster with up to 13 large hilltop enclosures
- Evidence of continuous use from early Neolithic through Bronze Age