Rest of World News: Long before written records described powerful kingdoms in Ireland, a large community had already taken shape in what is now County Armagh. Fresh arch.
An international group of archaeologists has concluded that Fort Hoggy in Northern Ireland was one of the oldest large organized settlements in Western Europe, formed more than 3,000 years ago.
The study found that from about 1200 BC, Fort Hogy near the town of Armagh was the center of a large-scale and carefully planned complex that combined residential development, craft production, and ritual buildings. The work was led by archaeologists from…