event · evt_bi_kings_stables_wetland_activity
Later Bronze Age construction and deposition at King's Stables
Construction and deposition occurred in an artificial pool or wetland feature near Haughey's Fort.
What is the evidence?
observation
Construction and deposition occurred in an artificial pool or wetland feature near Haughey's Fort.observed evidence
Construction and deposition occurred in an artificial pool or wetland feature near Haughey's Fort.The event supports a ceremonial and depositional landscape around the Navan area, but its exact institutional relationship to the large settlement is inferred rather than textually documented.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1100 BCE–900 BCE
Precision: archaeological phase range
Chronology model: regionally resolved positive bce
moderatePositive BCE integers are used; the larger value is earlier. The range preserves archaeological and calibration uncertainty. The event supports a ceremonial and depositional landscape around the Navan area, but its exact institutional relationship to the large settlement is inferred rather than textually documented.
- supports · dates
Haughey’s Fort: a major complex of power, production and ritual in Late Bronze Age Europe — James O’Driscoll, Patrick Gleeson (2026)Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
Locator: Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Interpretation and caveats
The event supports a ceremonial and depositional landscape around the Navan area, but its exact institutional relationship to the large settlement is inferred rather than textually documented.
Event context
Classification
Event type: wetland monument construction and deposition
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: King's Stables, Haughey's Fort, Northern Ireland archaeological search region
Affected entities: King's Stables, Haughey's Fort, Northern Ireland archaeological search region
Why it matters to the timeline
This regional-core event addresses Navan-area antecedents and watery deposition with explicit relationship uncertainty.
Research notes
- Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments. Role: provides evidence and date. Locator: Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides evidence and date
Haughey’s Fort: a major complex of power, production and ritual in Late Bronze Age Europe — James O’Driscoll, Patrick Gleeson (2026)Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
Locator: Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Referenced records
- King's Stables · entity
- Northern Ireland archaeological search region · entity
- Haughey's Fort · entity