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

At first glance, the east of Ireland boasts soft green fields ... it can be difficult to know where to start. From the Stone Age to the Viking era, medieval times to early Christian settlements ...

The wall is thought to have been built around 11,000 years ago to channel reindeer into places where they could more easily be killed, and could be the largest Stone Age megastructure in Europe.

It was previously believed that architecture in the Near East made a gradual linear progression from round to rectangular structures towards the end of the Stone Age, during the Neolithic Period ...