Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Carrons, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrons
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.54089, -9.06985
- SMR number
- LI019-276----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Identified by Maurice Hurley in 2010 during archaeological monitoring associated with a wind farm development. Archaeological pre-development testing had been undertaken at the site in 2004 by John Kavanagh (Licence 04E1718), when eight trenches excavated revealed nothing of archaeological significance (www.excavations.ie 2004, Site No. 0991; Kavanagh 2007, 240). Hurley recorded a spread of charcoal and small shattered stones (dims. 9.5m N-S x 7.4m E-W) located on low-lying boggy ground in the area of the electricity substation compound. The site was recorded and preserved in situ.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 15 July 2020
References
Kavanagh, J. 2007 Carrons; No archaeological significance. In I. Bennett, Excavations 2004. Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 240, No. 991. Wordwell. Dublin
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