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On the foreshore of Lough Kinale. Excavations undertaken in 2003-4 revealed a nearly circular man-made platform (diam. c. 12m) rising 0.4m above the lake-bed. It appeared to be a multiperiod site with layers of peat and brushwood overlain by a stony surface. Finds included over 15,000 stone artifacts of flint, chert and quartz, mainly of Mesolithic date, and animal bone and worked wood. Much of the bone comprised wild pig with some cattle in evidence. Spreads of ash and hearths indicated that fires had been lit on numerous occasions and the presence of wooden stakes suggested temporary structures. It is possible that this site may be that recorded as the ‘Kinale 1’ crannog (LF011-065002-) (Fredengren et al. 2010, 137, Area A). A crannog (LF011-075----) lies to the WNW. (Fredengren 2006; Moore 2007, No. 1)
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 13 January 2013
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