Turlough Hill/Knockycallanan

Nearest town:
Ballyvaghan (7km W)
OS reference:
M304069
OS sheet:
51
Latitude:
53° 6' 29.38 N
Longitude:
9° 2' 21.84 W
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Images

Image of Turlough Hill/Knockycallanan (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by ryaner

The settlement on Turlough Hill is worth checking out, approached from the track to the south-west in the townland of Turlough. It’s not easy going but is very rewarding.

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Image of Turlough Hill/Knockycallanan (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by ryaner

One of the smaller hut sites. There’s a deep gully that bisects the plateau just beyond this site here, with many more hut sites beyond it.

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ryaner Jul 15, 2019
Image of Turlough Hill/Knockycallanan (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by ryaner

It would be hard to argue with Bergh’s notion that this is a ritual landscape, not an actual settlement, but maybe a seasonal place of ‘worship’. The cairns, both here and very visible, and the one further away on Slievecarran, are impressive constructions.

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ryaner Jul 15, 2019
Image of Turlough Hill/Knockycallanan (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by ryaner

These stone-lined ones are larger than the bowl-shaped, grass-covered sites. Slievecarran cairn calls from the distance.

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ryaner Jul 15, 2019
Image of Turlough Hill/Knockycallanan (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by ryaner

I was as puzzled and enthralled here as I was at Mullaghfarna.

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ryaner Jul 15, 2019
Image of Turlough Hill/Knockycallanan (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by ryaner

This is the most common type of structure of the 160 hut sites here, the grass and soil making a return to this once barren hilltop.

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ryaner Jul 15, 2019
Image of Turlough Hill/Knockycallanan (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by ryaner

Looking east towards Slievecarran over another of the 160 hut structures on the Turlough Hill plateau.

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ryaner Jul 15, 2019

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