What is recorded here

Close to the W edge of Aughinish Island, in an area now occupied by an industrial complex (Aughinish Alumina). The site was excavated in 1974 prior to the industrial development. It consisted of a roughly circular area (diam. 35m) enclosed by a bank revetted internally and externally by limestone slabs and with a rubble core (Kelly 1974). The excavation revealed 'the plan of a circular house 8m in diameter', with 'pits and some entrance features' (ibid.). Coarse pottery was found, similar to that found at a nearby site excavated at the same time 200m to the NW (LI010-017---). The excavator concluded that this site also dated to the Late Bronze Age. Also uncovered was 'a small rectangular stone-walled structure measuring 5m x 4m' which partially overlaid the 'collapsed fort wall', There was no dating evidence for this structure but the excavator compared it with a similar feature excavated at the same time 500m to the S (LI010-018---). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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