County: Limerick Site name: RIVERS
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 6:19 Licence number: 98E0539
Author: Sarah McCutcheon, Limerick County Council,
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 563528m, N 658088m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.672735, -8.539271
The surface water drainage scheme was close to an enclosure. Dúchas requested an assessment of the impact of the scheme on the known and potential archaeology of the site. On foot of this assessment all topsoil-stripping was monitored.
The scheme was sited in the fields to the north and east of the enclosure, which slope gently towards the Mulcair River. They consist of poor waterlogged ground that is under pasture with reeds and generally marshy growth.
The corridor was on average 12m wide to incorporate the trench and a drag road. A track machine with a toothed bucket carried out the topsoil removal. Sod and topsoil were thin, less than 0.1m. The subsoil was light brown with flecks of oxidised clay that appears to originate in the topsoil, as there was no evidence of in situ burning. This flecking was concentrated to the east and west of a fence line. Modern china and fragments of red brick occurred, which became more frequent closer to the road and the farmyard.
No archaeological remains were uncovered or disturbed during the course of the works.
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