County: Clare Site name: KILFENORA
Sites and Monuments Record No.: RMP 16:15 Licence number: 01E0514
Author: Richard Crumlish, Archaeological Services Unit Ltd.
Site type: Town
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 518526m, N 694373m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.993891, -9.213613
Pre-development testing of the site of a proposed 30-bedroom hotel with ancillary accommodation was carried out on 13 June 2001 at Kilfenora, Co. Clare. The site was located along the main street in Kilfenora, on land sloping south–north. A short distance to the west was Kilfenora Cathedral (RMP 16:015(01)).
Four trial-trenches were excavated, 19.5–51.5m long, 1.1–1.8m wide and 0.3–1.35m deep. The stratigraphy consisted of topsoil and recent backfill/rubble fill on the surface (in all trenches), below which were located three wall foundations (in Trenches A, B and C), natural subsoil (in Trenches A and D) and bedrock (in all trenches). The topsoil contained modern artefacts, as did the backfill and rubble fill. The three wall foundations were of modern construction.
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