County: Limerick Site name: SHANPALLAS
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LI012-003 Licence number: 05E0829
Author: Rory Sherlock
Site type: Castle - tower house and Bawn
Period/Dating: Medieval (AD 400-AD 1600)
ITM: E 543145m, N 654937m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.642658, -8.840089
Three parallel test-trenches, each 33m long, were excavated on the footprint of a proposed slatted shed. The site of the proposed development lies c. 25m from the outer bawn wall of Shanpallas Castle. No finds or features of archaeological interest were discovered during the testing.
3 Caiseal Úr, Bothar Stiofáin, Galway
