County: Clare Site name: Ballyline 3
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A044; E3715
Author: Joe Nunan, IAC Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Burnt spread
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 538146m, N 686024m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.921485, -8.919801
A disturbed spread was discovered at the base of a hill at the edge of a wetland area in Ballyline townland in north County Clare. The site comprised a pit and a small burnt spread. The pit measured 1.75m north–south by 1.68m by 0.14m deep and contained a large amount of heat-affected limestone. The burnt spread was 0.55m north–south by 0.48m by 0.04m deep. A shallow ditch, 0.5m wide and 0.08m deep, ran north-east/south-west across the site and cut through both features. The site was considered to represent modern field clearance.
