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Hearth in Doonmoon

Hearth
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What is recorded here

In reclaimed pasture, a ring-ditch (LI040-108----) with associated pits and kiln (LI040-108001-/002-) was excavated 235m to the W. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Excavations prior to the construction of the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline revealed a hearth (Site 2/23/1A) and post holes excavated by Gowen in 1986 (Gowen 1988, 180). Hearth has been fully excavated.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI040-279

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Knockane GAA Club website; individual photographer not stated, www.knockane.com
  • Bing image result, image search
  • Picture: www.castletowngaa.ie
  • Picture: en.wikipedia.org
  • The Speckled Bird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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