Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Mooghaun South, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mooghaun South
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.78248, -8.87913
- SMR number
- CL042-074014-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated between the inner and middle ramparts of Mooghaun hillfort (CL042-074001-) in the SW quadrant of the hillfort and immediately N of a cashel (CL042-074002-). One of three hut sites in this area excavated in 1994-5 as part of the North Munster Project of the Discovery Programme. ‘House 2’ was revealed following vegetation clearance in 1994 and was excavated in 1995. It is an oval area (ext. dims. 6m N-S; int. dims 3.8m N-S by 3m E-W) defined by a double-kerbed wall with a rubble fill (Wth 1.5m; H 0.4m). The entrance (Wth 0.6m) is at WSW and was defined by small, radially placed slabs lining each side. A single transverse stone at the outside may have served as a threshold. House 2 produced a radiocarbon date of cal. AD 1275-1377. ‘House 1’ and ‘House 3’ lie 17m to the W and 34m to the WSW respectively. (Grogan 2005, vol. 1, 156-7)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 5 January 2016
References
Grogan, E. 2005 The North Munster Project, Vol. 1: The later prehistoric landscape of south-east Clare. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.