entity · site_bi_rathgall
Rathgall
Enclosed later Bronze Age settlement in County Wicklow with extensive craft evidence.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1100 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: broad archaeological range
- informs · defines or contextualizes
Rathgall multivallate hillfort and Late Bronze Age settlement — Database of Irish Excavation ReportsRecords the large settlement, workshop evidence, moulds and metalworking assemblage at Rathgall.
Locator: Site summary, finds and coordinate fields
Research description
Excavation recovered bronze and gold working evidence, moulds, glass and domestic material. The site supports specialized production and exchange but not a named polity or hereditary craft caste.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Metal-production centre
Direct evidence exists for mining, smelting, casting or intensive metalworking.
Why does this record have this property?
Direct archaeological evidence supports substantial metal extraction or working at this place, while ownership and labour organization remain separate questions.
- Rathgall multivallate hillfort and Late Bronze Age settlement
supports assignment · Site summary, finds and coordinate fields
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines or contextualizes
Rathgall multivallate hillfort and Late Bronze Age settlement — Database of Irish Excavation ReportsRecords the large settlement, workshop evidence, moulds and metalworking assemblage at Rathgall.
Locator: Site summary, finds and coordinate fields
Referenced records
- East and central Ireland archaeological search region · entity
- Geography assertion for site_bi_rathgall · geography assertion