County: Clare Site name: CAHERAPHUCA (1)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A044; E3654
Author: David Bayley, IAC Ltd.
Site type: Burnt spread
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 539169m, N 688066m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.939948, -8.904976
Caheraphuca 1 comprised two stripped areas. The main area consisted of a burnt spread measuring 16m east–west by 13m by 0.4m deep. This mound sealed a thin layer of peat that contained two stone axes, a plano-convex knife, a scraper and some worked chert pieces. To the north of the burnt spread were three inter-cutting pits. It appears that these pits were open at the same time, as a layer of charcoal-rich fill is common to all three pits. To the south of the burnt spread was a pit that contained four stake-holes in the base, one in each corner. It is possible that this feature was used as a trough. A similar pit with stake-holes in the base was recorded to the north-west of the burnt spread. Five other smaller pits were also situated around the burnt spread. The area where the burnt spread was situated had been subject to drainage work, with two large stone-filled sink-holes having been constructed in recent times, one of which truncated the north-eastern corner of the burnt spread.
120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
