Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hearth
Cill Mhuirbhigh, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Mhuirbhigh
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.12537, -9.76731
- SMR number
- GA110-039012-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
During the course of research excavations in the W half of the inner enclosure at Dún Aonghasa (GA110-039----) two hearths (GA110-039012- and GA110-039013-) were uncovered c. 3.5m apart towards the S end of Cutting 1. The most northerly example, F246, and was located 3.3m to the E of pit F234 (GA110-039009-). It was stone lined. Its base consisted of a flat slab that was enclosed on the E and W sides by a single stone set on edge. The fill consisted of ash and charcoal-flecked clay containing a few limpet shell. No finds were recovered (Cotter 2012, vol. 1, 325-6). Two more hearths (GA110-039010- and GA110-039011-) were revealed to the N of the pit. All these features date to the Late Bronze Age (ibid., 316).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 22 June 2020
References
Cotter, C. 2012 The western stone forts project. Excavations at Dún Aonghasa and Dún Eoghanachta. 2 vols. Dublin. Wordwell Ltd.
Nearby in the register
- Hearthunder 1 mi
- House - early medievalunder 1 mi
- Hearthunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.