Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Coonagh West, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coonagh West
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not shown
- Coordinates
- 52.66155, -8.69446
- SMR number
- LI005-093----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In flat poorly drained pasture 400m E of the River Shannon on former floodplain. The site is located 160m NW of a roughly contemporary series of Bronze Age sites (LI005-095001-/002-, LI005-096001-/002-; LI005-097----) all discovered during construction of the Limerick Southern Ring Road, Phase II . The site consisted of an oval-shaped mound (dims. 3.2m E-W, 2.4m N-S and 0.3m D) of burnt sandstone and charcoal (Taylor 2010). The burnt stone deposits were beneath 0.2m of topsoil and above naturally deposited clay. No trough was identified. Charcoal from the mound was dated to the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age (UBA 13262; 2Sigma 2567-2348 cal BC). The site has been fully excavated.
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 14 July 2020
References
Taylor, K. 2010 Limerick Southern Ring Road, Phase II, E2086, Coonagh West Site 2, Co. Limerick. A Final Archaeological Excavation Report for Limerick County Council, TVAS Ireland Ltd.
Nearby in the register
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - Bronze Ageunder 1 mi
- House - Bronze Ageunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.