County: Limerick Site name: RINEROE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 99E0451
Author: Mary Deevy, ADS Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 548367m, N 647061m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.572397, -8.761707
The site is in Rineroe townland, c. 12km south- west of Limerick City, near Adare, to the north of the present N20. The site was uncovered during archaeological monitoring of topsoil-stripping before road construction on the N20 Adare to Annacotty road scheme. A rescue excavation carried out over one week in August revealed three straight, narrow, parallel ditches, two of which were stone-filled. These were all interpreted as field drains, which were likely to be relatively modern in date.
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