County: Kerry Site name: KILLARNEY: Great Southern Hotel
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E0189
Author: Avril Purcell, Sheila Lane & Associates
Site type: Pit
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 496972m, N 590758m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.059194, -9.502449
Monitoring was undertaken on the site during groundworks for an extension to the hotel. The planning schedule requested monitoring of all groundworks. Owing to an oversight by the agents of the owners, work was allowed to proceed before the appointment of an archaeologist. Ground reduction had been undertaken on a significant part of the site before archaeological involvement. After the appoint-ment of an archaeologist, the remaining groundworks, comprising the excavation of a number of service trenches, were undertaken under supervision.
One possible pit was revealed in the section of a trench dug to receive ESB ducting. It was 1.26m wide and 0.6m deep and was revealed 0.63m below the ground surface on which a path ran. There were no finds in the pit. The remainder of the pit was preserved in situ as no further development was to be undertaken in this area of the garden. No additional archaeological features or finds were revealed.
AE House, Monahan Road, Cork
