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In sand dunes along the beach N of the village of Lahinch, with clear views across Liscannor Bay. Listed as ‘potential site - documentation’ in the RMP (1996). M. C. Knowles (1901, 39-40) published the discovery of archaeological material in the sand dunes at Lahinch. In 1899, Mr R. D. O’Brien informed Knowles that he had uncovered ‘some kitchen middens’ at Lahinch containing animal bone (including pig and horse), shells, ‘split pebbles’ and a ‘large pitted stone’. Further investigation by Knowles at the site identified a ‘well-marked black layer’ in an exposed section of sand dunes containing pottery, broken animal bone, shells, and rough lithic flakes. Dr. George Fogerty later gave Knowles an ‘anvil-stone’ and a hammer stone that he found at the site. Knowles noted that the archaeological material was ‘only bared in places nearer the sea’. The precise location of this midden is unknown.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell
Date of upload: 28 October 2025
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