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Limerick<br />

4, Cush 6 and Cush 7 with some pieces also found on Cush 3 and Cush 10. <strong>The</strong> pieces of slag<br />

from Cush 7 were particularly large with some weighing over two pounds. A sample of slag<br />

from Cush 4 was examined by Oliver Davies, QUB who identified one possible furnace<br />

bottoms and suggested that the collection was derived from bog ore. A very small<br />

fragmentary collection of animal bones was recovered and consisted primarily of cattle<br />

followed by minute amounts of pig (5), sheep (3), and dog, hare, corncrake and horse (1<br />

each).<br />

Fig. 191: Southern Group of enclosures at Cush, Co. Limerick (after Ó Ríordáin 1939–1940,<br />

plate XIV). Numbers indicate enclosures; Letters indicate houses.<br />

References:<br />

O’Kelly, M.J. 1989. Early Ireland: An Introduction to Irish Prehistory. Cambridge University<br />

Press, Cambridge.<br />

Ó Ríordáin, S. P. 1939–1940. Excavations at Cush, Co. Limerick. Proceedings of the Royal<br />

Irish Academy Section C, 45, 83–181.<br />

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