County: Tipperary Site name: 13LIS-047 Killoran, Moyne
Sites and Monuments Record No.: various Licence number: 13E0336
Author: Tim Coughlan
Site type: Peatland Structure, Hut
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 622110m, N 666850m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.752250, -7.672490
Following an assessment of the proposed impact of an extension to the Tailings Management Facility (TMF) in Lisheen Mine, 16 archaeological sightings were recorded in June 2013 (see 13E059). A programme of excavation was carried out between July and September 2013 which resulted in the excavation of these 16 sites and a further 28 sites which were identified during the course of excavation.
This site consisted of a structured circular series of posts with one central post. The sides of the north-east posts had suffered damage from a modern Bord na Móna milling machine. Possible matting or flooring material was noted in a small area of the north-west edge, but as only the base of the posts survived, any substantial flooring or an obvious entranceway were also milled away. Average post size is 0.5m in length and 80mm in diameter; a horizontal post dragged up by the milling machine is 1.23m in length and 0.11m in diameter.
Preliminary dates from a sample taken from the site returned a date of 770-945 AD (UBA 24067).
This site was fully resolved and no further archaeological mitigation is required.
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