County: Clare Site name: MANUSMORE (Site AR101)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E0188
Author: Graham Hull, TVAS Ireland Ltd.
Site type: Kiln - brick
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 537494m, N 672950m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.803919, -8.927002
Brick manufacture was taking place on the site on the N18 Ennis bypass. The nearby Big House at Manus has brickwork erected in the later 18th/earlier 19th centuries and it would not be unreasonable to speculate that the excavated brick clamp was associated with the house. Examples of brick clamps have been found in similar clay-rich locations and have been excavated in recent years.
Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare
