County: Kerry Site name: MAGLASS
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0202
Author: Tracy Collins, Aegis Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: Pit
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 493973m, N 612553m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.254469, -9.552972
This excavation of a feature uncovered during the monitoring of the N21 construction, Ballycarty to Killally, Phase 2 (see Excavations 2000, No. 409), took place on 19 April 2000. The feature at Maglass East was subcircular, and initial cleaning had shown that it had been truncated; but its full extent was visible in the eastern baulk of the road-take.
The fill was a reddish-brown, sandy clay with moderate charcoal flecking. The cut was oval in plan with a well-rounded base depth of 0.07m but originally was closer to 0.2m. The feature measured 1m north–south by 1m, although this measurement was obscured where the feature ran under the baulk.
Owing to the feature’s truncation, function is only speculative. It is possible that it was not an isolated pit, and other undisturbed examples may lie closeby, off the road-take. Similar features have been discovered in the vicinity, most notably by the writer at Rockfield (Excavations 1999, 115, 99E0323) and by Frank Coyne at Cloghermore (Excavations 1999, 112–13, 99E0130).
16 Avondale Court, Corbally, Limerick
