Archaeological Sites in Ireland and Northern Ireland

Clonmacnoise, the History, Buildings and Artefacts
An ancient ecclesiastical site, situated south of Athlone, near the center of Ireland.

Corlea Trackway (Ireland)
The Irish archaeological site called Corlea Trackway is an Iron Age roadway that measures one kilometer long and four meters (12 feet) wide, and was built of massive oaken planks.

Dowth (Ireland)
The Irish megalithic site of Dowth is a passage tomb in the Brugh na Bóinne valley of Ireland, dated to the Early Neolithic period.

Fourknocks (Ireland)
The Irish archaeological site of Fourknocks is a Mesolithic settlement in Brugh na Bóinne or Boyne Valley of Ireland.

Gallagh Man (Ireland)
The Irish bog body of Gallagh Man dates to the Iron Age (ca 470 and 120 B.C.), and was recovered from a peat bog in Castleblakeney, County Galway.

Mount Sandel: The Earliest Human Settlement in Ireland
On a high bluff overlooking the River Bann, the remains of a small collection of huts provide evidence of the first people who lived in what is now Ireland.

Navan Fort (Ireland)
The Irish site of Navan Fort (known in old Irish as Eamhain Macha) was a Celtic capital of ancient Ulster, Ireland.

Newgrange (Ireland)
The Irish archaeological site known as Newgrange is a megalithic passage tomb in the Brugh na Bóinne valley of Ireland.

Virtual Archaeological Tour Of Doon
An inland promontory fort on Lough Carra in county Mayo in Ireland, with sites dating from Late Bronze Age.

Waterford (Ireland)
The Irish city of Waterford was settled by the Viking Sitricus in 853 AD, or so tradition says; archaeological information supports a Viking culture occupation by the late 9th century.