County: Limerick Site name: BAUNREAGH (BGE 3/51/4–5)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E0750
Author: Brian Halpin, for Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Burnt spread
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 532802m, N 648789m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.586232, -8.991631
BGE 3/51/4
Topsoil-stripping of Bord Gáis Éireann’s Pipeline to the West uncovered a spread of burnt material associated with fulacht fiadh activity in Baunreagh townland, Co. Limerick. This site, a thin spread of charcoal-rich material with heat-shattered stone, was partially exposed at the edge of the pipeline corridor and measured c. 10m in diameter. No trough or other features were encountered. A small stream lying c. 6m to the west of the site continually flooded the area, making excavation extremely difficult.
BGE 3/51/5
A further small burnt spread was situated c. 17m west of the above site, on the opposite side of the stream. After this area had been cordoned off, heavy machinery destroyed all trace of the possible archaeology. Although the site was destroyed, it can be assumed that it was associated with BGE 3/51/4.
2 Killiney View, Albert Road Lower, Glenageary, Co. Dublin
