What is recorded here

Indicated is a settlement cluster in Ballykilcline, County Roscommon, Ireland. The village of Aughmore existed before the Great Famine but tenants were evicted in 1847 after a bitter rent strike when the village was levelled. Excavation near the rath recovered over 9000 pottery artefacts dating from 1800 to 1848 at the site of the Neary house and an adjacent cobbled yard.

On a W-facing slope of a low drumlin. The village of Aughmore existed before the Great Famine (1845-9) but the tenants were evicted in 1847 after a bitter rent strike when the village was levelled (Coyle 1994, 27-36). Geophysical testing of an area of c. 1 ha located c. 70m NE of the rath (RO024-004001-) identified a sunken roadway (RO024-004003-) approaching the rath from the NE. Excavation recovered over 9000 pottery artefacts dating from 1800 to 1848 at the site of a house, identified through records as the Neary house, and an adjacent cobbled yard (Orser 1999, 2000; 2002; 2003; Hull and Orser 2004; Hull 2006). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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