2012:384 - BALLYGRENNAN (3), Limerick
County: Limerick
Site name: BALLYGRENNAN (3)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: E4454
Author: Edel Ruttle, TVAS (IRELAND) LTD.
Author/Organisation Address: Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 555485m, N 659833m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.687814, -8.658427
Ballygrennan 3 was located on the proposed Coonagh–Knockalisheen Distributor Road. A burnt stone spread with a trough pit and a second trough pit were identified at the site. The burnt stone spread measured 7.8m by 4.5m with a depth between 0.05-0.3m. The centrally located pit measured 2.5m by 1.1m and 0.45deep, was oblong in shape and contained a basal fill that was darker than the main spread material. The second trough pit was 2.6m by 1.1m and 0.47m deep, also oblong in shape, and contained a single deposit of burnt stone.