County: Limerick Site name: TOWLERTON/GARRYGLASS/GARRAUN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0850 ext., 00E0851 ext., 00E0854 ext.
Author: Avril Hayes, Ægis Archaeology Ltd, 16 Avondale Court, Corbally, Limerick.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 560915m, N 656024m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.653998, -8.577666
Several features were identified in the pre-construction test-trenching of Towlerton (field 11), Garryglass (field 12) and Garraun (field 17) on the Limerick Southern Ring-Road Project. The largest concentration was located at Garraun, with small isolated deposits in Towlerton and Garryglass. The areas were stripped by machine during testing and subsequent excavation was undertaken by hand. The sites were excavated in May 2001. The circular pit at Garraun may have been of archaeological significance but the absence of charcoal or artefacts within its fill prohibits a more precise interpretation of the feature.
Many of the features excavated were probably naturally occurring and the remaining features were either circular or irregular in shape. No datable artefacts were recovered during the excavation of the three sites.
