What is recorded here

Inishcaltra is a small Clare island where iron fire raged beside St. Brigid’s Church. Excavation in 1970-72 uncovered furnace-bottom fragments, clinker and bloom within the church enclosure. The workshop may have served worshippers, travellers or island households, shaping tools for daily life while sacred and secular purposes shared one narrow space.

Situated immediately N of St. Brigid’s Church (CL029-009006-) within the enclosure that surrounds it (CL029-009007-). During excavation in 1970-72 (Licence no. E000180) evidence of iron-working was found. Fragments of furnace-bottom were evident in one pit as well as quantities of clinker and bloom. (de Paor 2013, 34, 51) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 3 November 2015

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