County: Limerick Site name: Ballygrennan 3
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E4454
Author: EDEL RUTTLE
Site type: PREHISTORIC
Period/Dating: —
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.
TVAS (IRELAND) LTD, AHISH, BALLINRUAN, CRUSHEEN, CO. CLARE
