Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit
Spittle (Coshlea By., Ballylanders ED), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Spittle (Coshlea By., Ballylanders ED)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.38971, -8.33486
- SMR number
- LI049-123----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, 130m W of townland boundary with Ballynatona. A Pit (LI049-124----) lies 4m to the NW. Not marked on OSi 6-inch maps. One (site TR/2/15/1) of three isolated pits identified after the removal of sod and topsoil on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline (1988, 73, 109, 179). Excavated by Eoin Grogan the results of which were summarised as following; ‘Pit 3 [LI049-0120----] was situated over 100m from pits 1 [LI049-123----] and 2 [LI049-122----]. Pit 1 lay on the right-hand side of the trench, which was 2m wide. It had a maximum surviving width of 1.25m and was 75cm deep. The base had been fire-reddened to a depth of 3cm indicating intense in situ burning. Three struck, but not retouched, flint flakes were recovered from the fill’ (Grogan 1987, 28-29).
See attached location map from Gowen (1988, 73).
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 13 October 2021
References
Gowen, M. 1988 Three Irish gas pipelines: new archaeological evidence in Munster. Bray. Wordwell.
Grogan, E. 1987 Spittle (BGE); Bronze Age Pits. In C. Cotter (ed.), Excavations 1986: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 28-9, Site No. 340. Wordwell. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.