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Research & Excavations
The Archaeology of Achill Island and the Corraun peninsula spans the period from the Neolithic (c.3,500 BC ) to the Post Medieval (c. 1900 A.D.)
The extensive archaeology includes a diverse range of archaeology sites from Megalithic Tombs, Bronze Age Roundhouses, Stone Cashels and a Crannog, Promontory Forts, Early Medieval sites, Deserted Villages and Transhumance sites, some of which have been the subject of archaeology research by the Achill Archaeology Field School over the past 20 years.
Current archaeology research involves a study of Boycott's House at Keem, an unclassified megalithic tomb at Slievemore and a transhumance village in Dirk on the north-western slopes of Slievemore, Achill Island
Archaeology on the most western point in Europe.
Prelude to Disaster: The Arrival of ‘Captain’ Charles Boycott on Achill Island in 1854 and the fire in the ‘Iron House’ |
Excavations during 2010 and 2011 in Slievemore concentrated on a group of Bronze Age Roundhouse, associated prehistoric field walls and a number of hut sites. |
Roundhouse 2 Summary
Roundhouse 2 is a large and complex building located on the Southern side of Slievemore approximately 50m east of the very similar Roundhouse 1 that was excavated between 2006 and 2008. Excavations by Achill Field School began at Roundhouse 2 in 2009 when four trenches were... |
Slievemore Mountain
Neolithic activity going back over 5000 years is demonstrated by the remains of a series megalithic tombs situated on the southern and eastern slopes of Slievemore in the townlands of Dugort West, and Keel East. Division of the landscape and possible agricultural activity during... |