County: Offaly Site name: Loughan
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E004000
Author: John Tierney, Eachtra Archaeological Projects, The Forge, Innishannon, Co. Cork.
Site type: Possibly prehistoric
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 606086m, N 682736m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.895462, -7.909547
Phase 2 excavations were undertaken along 17.1 km (Contract 1) of the 35-km N7 Castletown to Nenagh (Derrinsallagh to Ballintotty) national road scheme commissioned by Laois County Council and the National Roads Authority. Contract 1 comprises the western half of the scheme and runs from Clashnevin to Castleroan passing through Tipperary North and Offaly county border regions.
The area of excavation at Loughan measured 20m by 15m. Four pits, three posts and two hearths were recorded in the area of the excavation. One of the driven posts cut a pit. No structure was discernible. The driven posts may have functioned as markers for the hearths.
