County: Limerick Site name: CAPPAMORE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 98E0313
Author: Frank Coyne, Aegis Archaeology
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 577186m, N 651608m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.615244, -8.336880
Construction of a diversion channel and flood-relief works at Cappamore, carried out by the Engineering Section of the OPW, were monitored from July to September. No archaeological remains were encountered during the initial topsoil-stripping phase of the development. As part of this development entailed the widening and deepening of the Bilboa River, it was necessary to test all dredged material with a metal-detector. One artefact was recovered, an iron salmon spear of possible post-medieval date, although spears of this type have continued in use into this century.
24 Castle Court, Clancy Strand, Limerick
