2012:072 - KNOCK, CLONCONANE AND BALLYGRENNAN townlands, Co. Limerick; CLONDRINAGH, MONABRAHER and BALLYNANTY MORE, Co. Clare, Clare
County: Clare
Site name: KNOCK, CLONCONANE AND BALLYGRENNAN townlands, Co. Limerick; CLONDRINAGH, MONABRAHER and BALLYNANTY MORE, Co. Clare
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: E4440
Author: Graham Hull, TVAS (IRELAND) Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare
Site type: Burnt spread, Pit and Barrow - ring-barrow
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 555990m, N 660293m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.691988, -8.651021
Test trenching on the route of the proposed Coonagh – Knockalisheen Distributor Road in Counties Limerick and Clare revealed thirteen burnt stone spreads (four with possible troughs), four burnt stone pits, two pits associated with charcoal production, a probable ring-barrow, two pits of unknown function and a curvilinear feature (?barrow, ?house). See Excavations 2012 Nos 84, 382-4, 391-2 and 399 (E4452-8).