What is recorded here
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…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF011-067002
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