2025:039 - Lissofin, Tulla, Clare

A programme of archaeological monitoring was undertaken during topsoil stripping in advance of a single house development on the south side of the Ennis to Scarriff Road (R352) approximately 1.8km south-west of the village centre of Tulla. The area is rural in character and prior to development consisted of an undeveloped field in pasture, the Zone of Notification (ZON) for a children’s burial ground (CL035-052) borders the site boundary to the north-west.

Topsoil was mechanically stripped under constant archaeological supervision from the area of the entirety of the footprint of the house, garage, vehicular access and percolation area. The stratigraphy was typified by 0.1-0.3m of topsoil directly overlaying the natural subsoil which was a mid-orange to mid-orange/brown glacial till, mottled with patches of outcropping limestone bedrock. The metal detection survey did not reveal any archaeological features or finds.

In summary no archaeological features or deposits were observed during monitoring of the development site.