County: Limerick Site name: CASTLE DEMESNE, Newcastle West
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 36:67 Licence number: 00E0342
Author: Kenneth Wiggins
Site type: Well
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 527337m, N 634088m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.453419, -9.069065
A test excavation was carried out on 24 May 2000 along the southern side of the Ballygowan Spring Water plant, where a large new extension was proposed. Four cuttings were opened by mechanical excavator. These did not reveal any archaeological material. The development proceeded, and all ground disturbance was monitored, between 12 June and 12 July 2000. No archaeological features were revealed, although a well was discovered, which would have been associated with Cullenagh House (now demolished), which may have been built at the end of the 17th century.
77 Vartry Close, Raheen, Co. Limerick
