Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit-burial
Latoon South, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Latoon South
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.78740, -8.92134
- SMR number
- CL042-188----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A number of pit-burials with cremations as well as a large number of post-holes and stake-holes were excavated in 1999 in advance of the construction of the N18/N19 Ballycasey to Dromoland Road Improvement Scheme (Licence no. 99E0350). A number of associated stone artifacts and pottery were also found. (Grant 2000, 9; Grant 2000a; Tarbett-Buckley and Hull 2002, 15).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 11 February 2015
References
Grant, C. 2000 Ballycasey to Dromoland Road Scheme, N18/N19. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 9, no. 33 (Area 46). Bray. Wordwell.
Grant, C. 2000a Preliminary report for monitoring at N18/N19 Ballycasey to Dromoland, Co. Clare. Licence no. 99E0350. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Tarbett-Buckley, C. and Hull, G. 2002 Ballycasey to Dromoland Road Improvement Scheme, N18/N19 (Contract 1). In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 15, no. 44. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.