County: Tipperary Site name: LAHESSERAGH (SITE A)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 98E0473
Author: Richard N. O'Brien, Archaeological Development Services Ltd.
Site type: Habitation site
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 584753m, N 676939m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.843174, -8.226311
The site was c. 2 miles west of Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, and just off the Ballycahill Road. It lay on a natural incline that the road crosses, allowing commanding views of the landscape to the east and south.
The site area measured c. 40m x 30m. Within this area up to 50–60 randomly placed posts/pits, a short linear feature (c. 10m long and 0.4m wide) and two hearths/fire spots were found. It was apparent that around ten to twelve of the post-holes formed a subrectangular structure. Most of the site had outcrops of bedrock over the surface.
Finds consisted of worked flint and chert, a possible fragment of a chert arrowhead, an ovoid rubbing stone and charcoal. The ovoid rubbing stone was found on the surface of one of the hearths.
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