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The following final report details the results of an archaeological excavation at Knockcommane, Co. Limerick. This site (Site 47001b) was excavated along a section of the N8 Cashel to Mitchelstown Road Scheme and was located on the brecord of a northwest facing slope, with extensive views northeastwards towards the Galtee Mountains and southwards towards the Knockmealdown Mountains. The site was located approximately 80m to the southwest of a ringditch (Site 47001a) and radiocarbon dating, which produced an Iron Age date for both sites, indicated these sites could be contemporary. This site consisted of an enclosure formed by four discontinuous gully features which encompassed an area 15m in diameter. Elements of a possible structure were identified within the enclosed area. The presence of a furnace base and more significantly the identification of a fragment of bloom indicated small-scale metal production took place. Slag was identified within the furnace base and some of the enclosing gullies. Stone and metal artefacts and a single blue glass bead were recovered from the site. Charcoal analysis identified oak as the most dominant wood identified within the charcoal assemblage.