County: Limerick Site name: Ballygrennan 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E4452
Author: EDEL RUTTLE
Site type: PREHISTORIC
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 555419m, N 659458m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.684440, -8.659353
Ballygrennan 1 was located on the proposed Coonagh – Knockalisheen Distributor Road.
The excavation revealed a burnt stone spread, c. 20m in diameter, with a trough pit and pit. The burnt stone spread was subsequently cut by a field drain before being inundated with between 1-2m of construction rubble.
The trough pit was centrally located under the burnt stone spread. The pit was sub-rectangular in plan and measured 3.5m by 1.4m and was 0.36m deep. The single fill was black silty clay with frequent large angular heat-shattered stones and charcoal. A very black charcoal-rich deposit may represent burning adjacent to the south-eastern side of the trough. The south-western edge of the trough was cut by a pit. This pit was sub-circular with near vertical sides and measured 2.8m by 1.88m and 0.88m deep. The pit naturally filled with water and contained charcoal-rich fill with a high density of heat-shattered stone.
The trough pit was centrally located under the burnt stone spread. The pit was sub-rectangular in plan and measured 3.5m by 1.4m and was 0.36m deep. The single fill was black silty clay with frequent large angular heat-shattered stones and charcoal. A very black charcoal-rich deposit may represent burning adjacent to the south-eastern side of the trough. The south-western edge of the trough was cut by a pit. This pit was sub-circular with near vertical sides and measured 2.8m by 1.88m and 0.88m deep. The pit naturally filled with water and contained charcoal-rich fill with a high density of heat-shattered stone.
TVAS (IRELAND) LTD, AHISH, BALLINRUAN, CRUSHEEN, CO. CLARE
