County: Limerick Site name: COONAGH WEST
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A005/2016
Author: Graham Hull, TVAS Ireland Ltd.
Site type: Burnt spread
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 553020m, N 656933m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.661549, -8.694464
An oval-shaped spread of burnt sandstone and charcoal measured 3.2m by 2.4m and was 0.3m thick. The deposit was beneath 0.2m of topsoil and was above naturally deposited clay. The site may represent hot-stone technology similar to that carried out at fulachta fiadh. The site has been fully resolved.
Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare
