{"id":233929,"date":"2026-01-08T08:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/233929\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T08:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:57:06","slug":"researchers-find-co-wicklow-had-the-oldest-prehistoric-town-in-ireland-and-the-uk-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/233929\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers find Co Wicklow had the oldest prehistoric town in Ireland and the UK &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxNWldEc2NmVWY3dGxIdDFGbUh6RGt3Wkx4aHk3Mnd2RFBBdk4yRGlmTFBGQV9ON3BmU0JuckVuUE81SkdMNUVTUG5NRkt3SG9CZWo3YWpTOHRjc1Vyc01kdlMxY05vWFpjWFppYjY3YXc5cmRMcWREMUxfdzdzUjJqZ2JB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Researchers find Co Wicklow had the oldest prehistoric town in Ireland and the UK<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTE5aV0p1a3QtRDZiX1YwSktsVjI4TEE5aU54N2V3RVFoc1NQVWZ6cjBEZl9ianNWY3ZXSFd6dHFTa2g4Nk1ONlFYNVI5RFUwVG1NSlEyQ3QzUUM4NWpzMXFCNjVaQ0NmSk1TbEo3N0htNFhHYW1kdXRF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wicklow hillfort designated Ireland&#8217;s earliest proto-town<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxON2pxNHRpWDlxMFFkM2Rsc0VMX29NZ3VjeldoUzJLV1JmT0FNdVRUV21kLVlxZzNIOVB6c1M4d25EXzdrVGY1clF5STJPOUlDNXhZYlNWMGdDNktndGRaTXBHZzJ1d0dSMlNvdkdXNUk3X2M0d2tuTHNBNXhVSkl0SXVJLXc4R094WktTbnFuT2VyZmxFQ3lrWWRXRjBuaER4ZVNTa2g4UWZEZ2I3MlZLeG5STGx1TmZJb2VV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wicklow hill fort identified as oldest prehistoric \u2018proto-town\u2019 in Ireland<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1yX1V0NGxZWFNocjBJQjQyTFRKbFlpa2RXSTN0dkVMRXpXX0NoT2lzSXBwUkxLMzdRX2lrX19VUjJISGYwZjREcVZqcUlXRWx6WklRY1hNYW4ydw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">County Wicklow: Settlement find may challenge Vikings first towns theory &#8211; researcher<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxQd25vUEhRRnd4dXczUWVBbHpmZ1ZzTXZ4MDBHVkxGQ19FNUt1NzVDelpyQTF5SlpTMnA0TERVOGV5MXloM0xuQ25lbENBYzZWazJpdVNaQ1hOOFpJRlNjLWd4eVdaeng0ZlgxWmxMUGRodW8xc296bklvY1FFVHk1eWJUYVAzdXMyTzM4Unh3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scientists uncover Ireland\u2019s largest prehistoric hillfort settlement, reshaping views of Bronze Age society<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Archaeology News Online Magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Researchers find Co Wicklow had the oldest prehistoric town in Ireland and the UK&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalWicklow hillfort designated Ireland&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2133,119290,119291,119085,119292,61,60,119293,43,7469],"class_list":{"0":"post-233929","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-archaeology","9":"tag-baltinglass","10":"tag-brusselstown","11":"tag-brusselstown-ring","12":"tag-hillfort","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-new-discovery","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-wicklow"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}