County: Limerick Site name: COONAGH WEST
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A005/2020
Author: Graham Hull, TVAS Ireland Ltd.
Site type: Burnt spread
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 552940m, N 657082m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.662881, -8.695667
A large deposit of burnt limestone (15m by 30m by 0.5m) overlying possible cut features was found in the vicinity of the site of Coreen Castle (SMR 5:1). The dumped material may have been waste from a limekiln or may possibly be prehistoric in date. Full excavation will take place in early 2005.
Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare
