County: Limerick Site name: BALLINACURRA (Hart)/BALLINACURRA (Weston)/ROSSBRIEN SOUTH/RATHBANE/BANEMORE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 99E0643
Author: Paul Stevens for Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd, 2 Killiney View, Albert Road Lower, Glenageary, Co. Dublin.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 556994m, N 655868m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.652300, -8.635593
Monitoring of topsoil-stripping for the Limerick Main Drainage Southern Interceptor pipeline wayleave commenced in October 1999 and is scheduled to continue for 12–18 months. Small sections of the pipeline corridor are opened consecutively, and these are archaeologically monitored as they become available. The pipeline crosses several townlands on the southern outskirts of Limerick City, runs close to two known monuments (SMR 13:15 and 13:20) and will tunnel under the site of Ballinacurra Bridge (SMR 13:12). The pipeline runs for 5.26km from the proposed Pumping Station at Corcanree, opposite the Dock Road by Roche's, to the Bawnmore estate in Banemore Townland.
To date, topsoil-stripping has been carried out over 1.46km, with a wayleave width of 16m, from the Dock Road through the racecourse to Ballinacurra Bridge. No archaeological soils or features were encountered, and monitoring is ongoing.
