County: Clare Site name: Clogher/Shanagh/Waterdyke
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 11E0419
Author: Graham Hull
Site type: Testing
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 566132m, N 607478m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.218015, -8.495648
Testing of the N73 Clogher Cross–Waterdyke road realignment scheme for Cork County Council located five sites: Shanagh 1 (166021 109157, undated pits), Shanagh 2 (166207 109266, possible middle Neolithic settlement), Waterdyke 1 (166333 109322, undated pits and post-holes), Waterdyke 2 (166585 109474, undated pits and post-holes) and Waterdyke 3 (Area A, 167382 109507, Area B, 167500 109563, possible charcoal production pit and hearth). Shanagh 1 was fully resolved in testing. The other four sites will be excavated in 2012.
TVAS (Ireland) Ltd, Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare
