Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Metalworking site in Inishcaltra OR Holy Island

Metalworking site
View what I want to do
No photo yet

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

Situated c. 35m SW of the round tower (CL029-009010-) on Inis Cealtra and in the vicinity of two bullaun stones (CL029-009028- and CL029-009029-). A quantity of cupric slag and a number of pits, filled with stones at surface level were excavated here in 1977-9 by de Paor (2013, 42-3). The soil underneath both bullauns contained some slag and bones and was flecked with charcoal. A pit close to the bullauns provided a date of Cal AD 727-886 (UBA-30141) (Seaver and O'Sullivan 2015, 11-13). Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 18 July 2016

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.