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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Turlough Hill Neolithic fortCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Clare Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Galway Nearest Village: Oughtmama
Map Ref: M31410732
Latitude: 53.112320N Longitude: 9.025013W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Once at the end of the track, climb up to the left or northeast to find a tall cairn of ancient but unknown age. From the cairn walk to the obvious wall of the shoulder - this wall is also of ancient and unknown age but used to mark the Clare Galway border - and follow the wall up the hill to the right - northeast - to find another, more ruined cairn near the entrance to the hill fort. The fort's wall survives in its full circle which is very large and one must walk it to see all of it. It can be seen quite clearly on Google Maps [use the third blue aeroplane link above]
From the inside, the walls are only a few feet high, but much higher when viewed from the outside which includes what seems to be a part natural, part man-made bank upon which the wall was built. Also inside, there is evidence of structures, but indistinct. Walking the summit a kilometer or so to the SW will bring you to a huge summit cairn/tomb and dozens of ancient hut site which is clearly a related but separate site. Views of the Burren, Abbey Hill, Ailwee, and Sleive Carran are particularly stunning. I have never met another person up there.
Note: Excavations of a neolithic house site on Turlough Hill - one of approximately 160 on the hill, along with two (presumably) ritual monuments, a cairn and a labyrinthine-like enclosure
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