2007:143 - Site 170, Caheraphuca, Clare

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Clare Site name: Site 170, Caheraphuca

Sites and Monuments Record No.: CL026–143 Licence number: 07E0460

Author: Ed Lyne, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.

Site type: Burnt mound

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 539862m, N 689556m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.953422, -8.894947

Investigations took place along the route of the proposed N18 Gort to Crusheen road scheme. Site 170, CL026–143, was recorded as a burnt mound but could not be located during the walkover survey carried out as part of the EIS. Nothing of significance was unearthed in the area highlighted by the EIS. However, several sites were identified in the immediate vicinity and initially numbered by townland. Caheraphuca sites 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 (see No. 147 below) were all in close proximity to this area, and it is suggested that either of the more complete burnt mounds (Caheraphuca 4 and 7) may represent the previously recorded RMP site.