2007:1670 - GLENBEHA/CAMLIN/GORTMULLIN (Area 10), Tipperary

Test-trenching was carried out along the route of the proposed N7 Castletown–Nenagh road scheme in the spring of 2007. Testing of the eastern section, Archaeological Contract 2, extended from Castleroan townland in Co. Offaly, eastwards through North Tipperary, to Clonagooden in Co. Laois. The section was divided into eight testing areas, Areas 8–15, each tested under a separate licence.

Archaeological Area 10 ran from Chainage 22.000 to 24.100, through the townlands of Glenbeha, Camlin, and Gortmullin, Co. Tipperary. Works were completed in early April 2007.

One previously known RMP site was tested, and three potential new sites were identified, as follows: Glenbeha 1 (see No. 1671, Excavations 2007), two fulachta fiadh, pits, stake-holes; Camlin 1 (see No. 1596, Excavations 2007), a circular enclosure (ring-ditch/ringfort), a charcoal kiln, a fulacht fiadh. A Bronze Age palstave axe was found c. 40m from the enclosure. Camlin 2 (see No. 1597, Excavations 2007), a cluster of post- and stake-holes and four burnt mounds; Camlin 3 (see No. 1598, Excavations 2007), a known site, TN017–031, comprised a levelled enclosure, a possible ringfort, of which half lay within the road-take. In addition two burnt mounds, two cremation pits and numerous linear ditches were identified in the vicinity. Full excavation of all these sites was recommended.