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In burial ground (LI001-008001-), approx. 120m S of the River Shannon. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. According to local information, the burials are understood to form part of a famine plot. Trial trenching of the burial ground revealed a thin deposit of charcoal and iron slag under a thick layer of redeposited boulder clay (Hodkinson 1991). No dating evidence was available in the deposit, however it was deemed to pre-date the burials (ibid). The site documentation and a sample of the slag are housed in the Limerick Museum. Site now appears to have been developed as a small housing estate that is visible on Digital Globe aerial photography taken 2011-13.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 18 June 2020
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