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Limerick<br />

eight whetstones; four fragments of jet bracelets; and two glass beads - one light-blue, one<br />

dark-blue. Ten pieces of flint and one of chert as well as some sherds of Neolithic pottery<br />

were also recovered. A quarter of a ton of animal bone was recovered from the site with<br />

cattle accounting for the bulk followed by pig and sheep (goat) and to a lesser extent horse<br />

and dog.<br />

Fig. 188: Plan of <strong>The</strong> Spectacles, Co. Limerick (after Ó Ríordáin 1948-50, plate XII).<br />

Reference:<br />

Ó Ríordáin, S. P. 1948–1950. Lough Gur excavations: Carraig Aille and the ‘Spectacles’.<br />

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section C, 52C, 39–111.<br />

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