County: Limerick Site name: BALLYCLOGH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 98E0490
Author: Martin Fitzpatrick, Archaeological Consultancy, in conjunction with Aegis Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 557276m, N 652183m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.619211, -8.630939
Commissioned by Limerick County Council, this work involved the investigation of a number of possible sites in advance of the Limerick Southern Ring Road.
The site was first identified by Celie O Rahilly during the course of fieldwork for the archaeological impact assessment for the road, and she recommended testing to establish the archaeological merit of the site.
The site consisted of a circular, almost flat-bottomed depression, in an area of poor-quality grassland. It measured 12m in diameter with possible traces of an enclosing bank on the east side. Two test-trenches were manually excavated to determine the archaeological potential of the site. Both revealed boulder clay directly below topsoil. No features or artefacts of archaeological significance were encountered.
Ballydavid South, Athenry, Co. Galway
