Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Habitation site
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
- 53.12569, -9.76686
- SMR number
- GA110-039027-
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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
This bedrock hollow, identified as F107b, was uncovered during the course of excavations in Cutting 2 in the middle enclosure at Dún Aonghasa (GA110-039----). It was roughly L-shaped in plan (max. dims. 3.5m by 2m; D 0.26m) and was made by prising out sections of rock along the bedding planes. A mixture of quarry grits and charcoal-rich clay stratified on the floor contained fragmented organic refuse and scraps of pottery. The layer was sealed by the remains of the paved floor of Structure 2.1 (GA110-039028-). A sample of animal bone from the fill yielded a radiocarbon date of 920-540 cal. BC (Cotter 2012, vol. 1, 259-60).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 23 June 2020
References
Cotter, C. 2012 The western stone forts project. Excavations at Dún Aonghasa and Dún Eoghanachta. 2 vols. Dublin. Wordwell Ltd.
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