placenamesKilluran
Cill Iúráin
Archaeological testing connected ditches on opposite sides of the burial ground and produced a seventh-century charcoal date.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Iúráin · Irish · main form
- Killuran · English · main form
Place & story
Evidence from the proposed extension
Graham Hull’s report on the 2014 testing at Killuran Burial Ground records three trenches north-west of the graveyard. They revealed parts of a double-ditched enclosure also detected by geophysics to the south-east in 2009. If circular, the combined evidence suggested an internal diameter of approximately eighty metres. Hazel charcoal from the lowest observed ditch fill was radiocarbon dated to AD 604–663; the ditch had not been fully excavated. This dates material in the fill, rather than establishing a church’s foundation year. The original church’s position within the enclosure remained unknown, and preservation in place was recommended. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Clare
- Barony
- Tulla Lower
- Coordinates
- 52.83905, -8.64067
- Mapped area
- 28.4 km²
- Logainm ID
- 448 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killuran. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 2014:463, Killuran Burial Ground; licence14E0149 · Graham Hull, TVAS (Ireland) Ltd.; Excavations.ie
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.