2002:1186 - KILBANE, Limerick

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Limerick Site name: KILBANE

Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 5:34 Licence number: 02E1787

Author: Avril Hayes, Aegis Archaeology Ltd.

Site type: Enclosure and Burial

Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)

ITM: E 561458m, N 656243m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.656014, -8.569655

Test-trenching before a large residential development at Kilbane, Castletroy, to the north of a holy well and a possible burial-ground, was undertaken in three fields (Fields 1–3). A number of archaeological features were uncovered, mainly circular pits and a section of a curvilinear ditch. In some cases cremated bone was noted. During the monitoring of the topsoil-stripping, more circular pits were identified. Stripping in Field 2 uncovered the remainder of the circular ditch identified in testing. It measured c. 40m in internal diameter and enclosed a circular feature in the south-west quadrant, measuring c. 5m in diameter. Work is continuing at the time of writing.

16 Avondale Court, Corbally, Limerick