Prior to the present study, discussion of Navan Fort was limited to the results of small-scale but iconic excavations. These references, alongside the incredible scale of these landscapes, have encouraged intensive research, but only recently has non-invasive survey begun adding new data and facilitating new interpretations. Historical texts imply that these Iron Age complexes became enduring symbols of power for early medieval societies, and royal centres for overkings. The large earthwork now known as Navan Fort sits alongside other iconic monuments such as Tara, Rathcroghan, Knockaulin and Cashel as one of Ireland’s so-called provincial centres. Alongside a re-appraisal of excavated evidence, it offers a new model for the evolution of Navan. This article presents major discoveries from a new campaign of large-scale multi-method geophysical surveying, focused on Navan Fort and its environs.
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