County: Clare Site name: CLAREABBEY: Clare Abbey
Sites and Monuments Record No.: CL033-120 Licence number: A025/001
Author: Graham Hull, TVAS (Ireland) Ltd.
Site type: Religious house - Augustinian canons
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 534681m, N 675715m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.828437, -8.969258
Clare County Council intends to create a small carpark/turning space next to the abbey linked to the new N85 by a narrow roadway. The proposed roadway was excavated and related archaeological excavations took place on a contiguous plot of land that will form the carpark (see No. 139, Excavations 2005).
Four linear ditches/gullies and three pits/post-holes were found. The linear features were all aligned from east to west. It is thought that the three shallow linear features may be cultivation furrows that respect a well-defined and deep boundary ditch.
Finds included copper alloy objects, including a buckle and some other possible clothing decorations.
Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare
