County: Tipperary Site name: DER20, Killoran
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 96E0202ext.
Author: Cara Murray, Lisheen Archaeological Project, for Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Ritual site - pond
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 622615m, N 666408m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.748267, -7.665026
This unusual site, dated to 1305–940 BC, was located in Killoran townland, north of DER18 (No. 506 Excavations 1997). It was constructed in moderately humified raised bog and occurred as three isolated roundwoods set side by side, with no other archaeological timbers within the immediate area. Most of the centre of the site had been removed by the Bord na Móna drain. As it survived, it measured 5.6m in total length and 0.22–0.35m in width. What remained of the site were the ends of the timbers at either end of a pool within the raised bog. This site indicated that much of the surrounding area was accessible without sizeable constructions.
Minorco Lisheen Ltd, Killoran, Moyne, Co. Tipperary
