County: Limerick Site name: WOODSTOWN II
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 98E0492
Author: Martin Fitzpatrick, Archaeological Consultancy, in conjunction with Aegis Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 564821m, N 656634m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.659755, -8.520003
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 noted during the course of fieldwork for the Archaeological Impact Assessment for the road by Celie O Rahilly, who recommended testing to establish the archaeological merit of the site.
The site measured 18m north-south by 17m. It had steep sides and a flat bottom. Along the edge of the enclosure a mixture of earth and stone was exposed, with faint traces of a possible bank. A trench measuring 8m east-west by 1m was manually excavated to ascertain whether any enclosing element existed and whether any archaeological remains existed in the interior. The trench revealed boulder clay directly below topsoil. No features or artefacts of archaeological significance were encountered.
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