County: Clare Site name: CLOONEEN (1)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A044; E3722
Author: David Bayley, IAC Ltd.
Site type: Burnt spread
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 539149m, N 688305m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.942093, -8.905319
Clooneen 1 comprised a burnt spread measuring 11.75m north–south by 11.6m by 0.24m maximum depth. The burnt spread sealed a timber-lined trough that measured 1.44m north–south by 1.7m by 0.55m deep. It contained eight timbers lying horizontally at a depth of 0.15m. Eight timbers were driven vertically around the sides of the trough, with two stakes driven to help secure the vertical timbers in place. All were in a relatively poor state of preservation. A second pit, measuring 1.22m north–south by 0.74m by 0.16m maximum depth, was cut 0.88m to the west of the trough. Three tree trunks were recorded to the south of the burnt spread. There was no evidence to suggest that these trees had been deliberately felled and no toolmarks were discernible. However, it is possible that they provided a simple east–west-oriented walkway around the burnt spread. The only finds from this site were two sherds of chinaware.
120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
