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Road in Clareabbey

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Excavation in 2005 as part of works associated with the N18 Ennis Bypass and N85 Western Relief Road immediately outside the S range of Clareabbey (CL033-120----) and parallel to the W wall of the cloister, revealed two gullies (5m apart) running parallel to each other in a NE-SW direction. This corresponds with a…

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Excavation in 2005 as part of works associated with the N18 Ennis Bypass and N85 Western Relief Road immediately outside the S range of Clareabbey (CL033-120----) and parallel to the W wall of the cloister, revealed two gullies (5m apart) running parallel to each other in a NE-SW direction. This corresponds with a trackway shown on the 1840 OS 6-inch map that led to the abbey church gate. The E gully was radiocarbon dated to AD 1220-1310 and AD 1360-1380 (Beta-231533). Four large post-holes continued on the line of the E gully and a pig bone from one of these was dated to AD 1160-1290. It is more than likely that the trackway existed in the 13th or 14th century. (Hull and Joubert 2008, 22) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 18 May 2015

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL033-120002

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  • Graham Horn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Clarecastle G.A.A. club page; individual photographer not named, clarecastlegaa.clubifyapp.com
  • GAA; photographer not named in photo caption, www.gaa.ie
  • Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Jackieray at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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