County: Tipperary Site name: DER57, Killoran
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 96E0202ext.
Author: Cara Murray, Lisheen Archaeological Project, for Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Road - unclassified togher
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 622513m, N 665955m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.744201, -7.666568
In the northern apex of the TMF, within the raised bog, two isolated roundwoods, orientated north-east/south-west, were set side by side, isolated from all other archaeological activity. They measured 3.56–3.8m in length and 0.09–0.12m in diameter. Despite the lack of visible axemarks, the straightness, regularity and narrowness of the timbers suggest that the wood must have come from the managed environment. Their OD level within the peat, 123.87–123.96m, suggests some limited Middle Bronze Age activity in this area of the bog.
Minorco Lisheen Ltd, Killoran, Moyne, Co. Tipperary
