2012:084 - KNOCKALISHEEN, Clare

Knockalisheen 1 was located on the proposed Coonagh – Knockalisheen Distributor Road. The excavation revealed a ring-ditch and degraded burnt stone spread. The circular enclosed ring-ditch had an internal diameter of 3.38m. The ditch was between 0.32-0.48m wide and 0.18 to 0.24m deep. The ring-ditch was ploughed out making its function unknown. There was no entrance yet it was not unlike excavated examples of hut sites; nor was bone found to draw the conclusion of a ring barrow. A lead shot and a sherd of pottery came from the plough scars.

A small degraded spread of burnt stone was cut by a field drain. The spread measured 1.3m by 0.42m and was 0.05m deep. The spread was composed of brownish grey clayey silt with moderate heat-affected stone and charcoal inclusions.