County: Clare Site name: Cahercalla More, Ennis
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 13E0308
Author: Tracy Collins
Site type: Post-medieval well
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 532369m, N 676351m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.833859, -9.003701
Monitoring was carried out of groundworks associated with the extension of a hospital at Cahercalla Woods, Cahercalla Road, Ennis, Co. Clare. Ringfort-rath CL033-171---- is nearby. Approximately two thirds of the site had been stripped of topsoil prior to the engagement of an archaeologist. The site consisted of an open grass covered grazing field. Two areas (Areas 1 and 2) were stripped as part of the development.
Area 1 was located at the north-western corner of the site and measured 42m north-south by 8m with a topsoil depth ranging from 0.2-0.35m. The topsoil consisted of a dark brown clayey silt and the natural consisted of a light orangey brown clayey silt with occasional large stones. No archaeological features were noted.
Area 2 was located at the western side of the site and measured 43m east-west by 17m with a topsoil depth ranging from 0.2-0.3m. A stone-lined well with an iron pipe built into the southern wall was located to the eastern end of Area 2. Also located to the south of Area 2 was a possible water trough. The well and trough appear to be associated with the nearby Cahercalla House and outbuildings. The well and trough are probably of 19th-century date. They were covered over and remain intact subsurface.
No archaeological features were found in Areas 1 and 2.
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