2014:181 - KILLARAINY (3), Galway
County: Galway
Site name: KILLARAINY (3)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a
Licence number: E4577
Author: Shane Delaney, IAC Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Unit G1, Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 521017m, N 733320m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.344200, -9.186130
Killarainy 3 was excavated (under Ministerial Directions A067), in advance of construction of the N59 Moycullen Bypass, Co. Galway. The site was discovered during advance testing undertaken in 2014 by IAC Ltd (E4512).
Killarainy 3 was a large burnt mound situated at the interface between a pasture field and wetland. Although quite large, no significant trough or features were identified. One circular pit was excavated to the west of the mound. The site was dated to the Late Bronze Age period. Although defined on the north, west and east the mound ran outside the lands acquired for the new road and beyond the fence line. It is possible that a trough or pits are located in this area.