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On intertidal zone of the River Shannon estuary, at the mouth of Meelick Creek and c. 48m SE of a navigation buoy on the Shannon navigation channel. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Listed as ‘Meelick Rocks 2’ by O’ Sullivan (2001, 311) who described the site as following; 'Findspot of stone axe, recovered from gravels on a peat and clay ridge at the LWM [Low Water Mark], 48m due SE of the modern navigation beacon. Cattle, pig and dog bone recovered from the peat in the immediate vicinity of the findspot, with recumbent tree trunks and bark located 1m to the SW. Radiocarbon sample from tree bark in peat 1m E of the findspot dated to 6240 ± 25 BP (5299-5078 cal. BC; GrN-21929). September 1995'.
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Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 19 June 2020
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