Lismullin

Nearest town:
Carnew (9km ENE)
OS reference:
N935615
OS sheet:
43
Latitude:
53° 35' 42 N
Longitude:
6° 35' 15.57 W
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Images

Image of Lismullin (Timber Circle) by ryaner

The highest point of the site with cairn-like collection of stones showing

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner May 6, 2007
Image of Lismullin (Timber Circle) by ryaner

The covered area of the ‘main’ find, a ‘woodhenge’ or timber circle

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner May 6, 2007
Image of Lismullin (Timber Circle) by ryaner

‘High-status burial chamber’, actually a souterrain

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner May 6, 2007

Articles

Lismullin

Ancient Tomb Art Found in Path of Irish Highway

C Michael Hogan
C Michael Hogan Jan 16, 2008

The latest excavations at Lismullin revealed part of a large stone monument, or megalith, decorated with engravings dating to the Late Stone Age or about 4000 BC. Unearthed 50 meters from the temple, the megalith manifests a series of zigzags, concentric circles, and arcs. Archaeologist Mary Deevy asserted this megalith was likely a “curbstone from a passage tomb”. Read the full story by James Owen in National Geographic News.

Lismullin

ryaner
ryaner May 6, 2007

The site is on an an undulating ridge, aligned south-east to north-west, north-west of Rath Lugh. The cleared area is roughly 120 metres wide by 600 metres long. This whole area has had its topsoil removed down by about half a metre, revealing a sandy layer.
At the north-west end, at the highest point of the area, there is what looks like a mound, containing rough cairn-like stone. It’s one of three smaller areas that are co-ordoned off and under excavation. South-east of this is a massive plastic-covered rectangle where the ‘woodhenge’/timber circle has been found. Just east of this is a long line of test trenches, presumably part of the promised exploratory trenches that were dug ‘every 20 metres’ all along the 59kms of the motorway.
Slightly north of east of here, and about 150 metres towards Rath Lugh, is what the Sunday papers are calling ‘a high status burial chamber’. It’s circular, with an inner trench/ditch of about 2 metres. I guess there’s still quite a bit of work to be done in and around this site and the ditch may not really be that deep when the remaining covering sandy soil is removed.

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