The Bronze Age in Ireland started around 2500BC and continued until about 500BC. This is when our ancestors learned to make and use bronze which meant much stronger weapons and tools. They also ...

Many of Ireland’s backroads lead to ancient Megalithic ... that Druid’s Altar was indeed a gathering place during the Bronze Age. Many stone circles were also aligned to mark the winter ...

and Early Bronze Age. Fine-grained stone was quarried from hillsides in Cumbria, Wales, Cornwall and Northern Ireland. Mined flint is of better quality than surface flint. Mines are known in ...

An Irish museum has solved the mystery of a bizarre delivery of two bronze-age axe heads delivered to curators inside a porridge box. The National Museum of Ireland was left mystified after it ...