County: Limerick Site name: Kilfinnane
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 06E1221
Author: Ross MacLeod, Headland Archaeology Ltd, 25 Killerin Park, Liosbaun Industrial Estate, Tuam Road, Galway.
Site type: Smelting hearth and waste pit
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 567773m, N 623106m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.358586, -8.473119
Topsoil-stripping took place in April 2007 of a proposed Limerick County Council housing development in Kilfinnane, Co. Limerick. Two archaeological features were identified: a subcircular smelting hearth/furnace, 1m long, 0.9m wide with a depth of 0.12m, and a shallow waste pit, which was oval-shaped in plan, 0.9m long, 0.5m wide, 0.1m deep. Prehistoric pottery was recovered from the fill of the later feature.
