County: Galway Site name: Drumminacloghaun 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A044; E3720
Author: Siobhán McNamara, IAC Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 544066m, N 701675m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.062778, -8.834487
This burnt-mound site, discovered at 24m OD in undulating land adjacent to wetland during test excavations on the route of the N18 Gort to Crusheen road scheme, was excavated during October 2007. The spread was made up of heat-shattered limestone. It measured 8.5m north–south by 6.5m. The maximum depth was 0.25m. The spread covered one oval earth-cut trough. This trough had a marked break of slope at the top. The sides and base were concave. It measured 1.62m north-west/south-east by a width of 1.3m. The maximum depth was 0.5m. It contained grey clay as a basal fill and the top of the feature had filled with peat. There were no artefacts found on this site.
