County: Limerick Site name: NEWCASTLE, Castletroy
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E1402
Author: Tracy Collins, Aegis Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 563958m, N 657343m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.666070, -8.532834
During an impact assessment for a proposed mixed development, a mound of archaeological potential was noted. This site was subsequently tested. Three trenches were dug by machine. It was quickly realised that the mound was a natural feature. However, in the longest trench a spread of stony burnt material was discovered, along with two circular pits, which were also filled with the burnt material.
These features were interpreted as the remains of a burnt mound, perhaps a fulacht fiadh, with two associated pits, which may have functioned as troughs.
16 Avondale Court, Corbally, Limerick
