County: Clare Site name: CLAREABBEY (Site AR125)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E0023
Author: Graham Hull, TVAS Ireland Ltd.
Site type: Burnt spread
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 534330m, N 675392m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.825492, -8.974399
A burnt-stone spread of possible prehistoric date was found during testing on the N18 Ennis bypass (Excavations 2003, No. 127, 03E1291). The archaeological deposits were destroyed by a contractor rerouting services for the new road. The burnt spread was recorded in detail at testing and had maximum dimensions of 10m (north-south) by 8m and was 0.35m thick. The spread (or perhaps 'mound') was made of burnt limestone pieces with charcoal flecking. No evidence of a trough was seen.
Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare
