2018:558 - Leamanagh Castle, Kilnaboy (Leamaneh North townland), Clare

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Clare Site name: Leamanagh Castle, Kilnaboy (Leamaneh North townland)

Sites and Monuments Record No.: CL016-032002, National Monument 448 Licence number: E005020

Author: Graham Hull, TVAS (Ireland) Ltd

Site type: Tower-house

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 523457m, N 693609m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.987745, -9.140001

A sample of charred willow extracted from a small sample of mortar from the north wall of the porter’s lodge vault on the ground floor gave a radiocarbon date of cal. AD 1526-1950 (UBA-39805) with the most likely date being in the period AD 1632-1811.

Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare