Overview
Quarry in Cush is recorded as Quarry in Limerick. In reclaimed pasture, immediately W of bowl-barrow (LI048-034010-), ringfort (LI048-034008-) lies 27m to NE and two bowl-barrows (LI048-034011/012-) 20m to S. Excavation of the bowl-barrows (LI048-034010/12-) by Ó Ríordáin (1940, 133-140) between 1934-5, recorded the following
Who lived here and when
The saved account records: In reclaimed pasture, immediately W of bowl-barrow (LI048-034010-), ringfort (LI048-034008-) lies 27m to NE and two bowl-barrows (LI048-034011/012-) 20m to S.
Homes and daily life
The saved account records: Excavation of the bowl-barrows (LI048-034010/12-) by Ó Ríordáin (1940, 133-140) between 1934-5, recorded the following
What was found
The saved account records: ‘West of T [umulus] I [LI048-034010-] is marked on the Ordnance Map a hollow which we investigated with a negative result.
Why it ended
The saved account records: It may have been dug to provide material for the building of some of the tumuli where that available from the fosse was not sufficient for the purpose’ (Ó Ríordáin 1940, 133).
Why it mattered
Quarry in Cush matters because the source ties quarry to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: Slight shallow depression to W of bowl-barrow (LI048-034010-) visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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