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Limerick<br />

corner of the excavated area. Found amongst animal bone, also in the northwest quadrant,<br />

was part of a plano-convex side-plate from a bone comb decorated with dot-and-circle<br />

motifs.<br />

A bronze penannular ring and a fragment of iron slag or possible furnace bottom were also<br />

found on site. Surface inspection of the adjacent levelled enclosure to the west yielded animal<br />

bone and a whetstone of red sandstone.<br />

Fig. 190: Excavated features in Croom East 1, Co. Limerick (after Shee-Twohig 1977, 31).<br />

References:<br />

Shee-Twohig, E, 1974:0030. Croom East, Co. Limerick. www.excavations.ie/<br />

Shee-Twohig, E. 1977. Excavation of a ringfort at Croom, Co. Limerick. North Munster<br />

Antiquarian Journal, 19, 27–37.<br />

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