County: Clare Site name: CRATLOEMOYLE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: CL062-021 Licence number: A005/2012
Author: Graham Hull, TVAS Ireland Ltd.
Site type: Castle - tower house
Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)
ITM: E 551113m, N 659522m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.684643, -8.723044
Test-trenching and topsoil-stripping between Cratloemoyle Castle and the current N18 road revealed a number of features, probably representing several phases of unrelated activity. A pit with burnt stones, several pits or hearths, a boundary ditch and further linear features were identified. Part of the site is buried beneath layers of 18th- or 19th-century rubble and modern made ground. Lead musket balls and a 16th-century coin were found and perhaps indicate military activity, which is known from historical sources to have taken place in the vicinity of the castle. The site will be fully excavated in early 2005.
Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare
