2016:283 - Turlough Hill, Clare

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Clare Site name: Turlough Hill

Sites and Monuments Record No.: CL006-17001 Licence number: 16E0130

Author: Ros Ó Maoldúin

Site type: Hut-sites

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 530406m, N 706883m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.107971, -9.039391

The excavation comprised two cuttings, each of which traversed a pair of conjoined house-foundations. The excavations aimed to establish the date, cultural context and basic construction form of the house-foundations. There are approximately 160 such house-sites on Turlough Hill and they surround two presumed ritual monuments, a cairn and a labyrinthine-like enclosure.

No artefacts were found, however, a good amount of charcoal and other charred material retrieved during the excavation should allow for radiocarbon dating of the remains. Ten samples have been sent to the radiocarbon laboratory in Uppsala and we are currently awaiting the results.

The preliminary report is available on the author's academia.edu page https://nuigalway.academia.edu/RosOMaolduin

Laghtagoona House, Gort Rd, Corofin, Co. Clare