County: Clare Site name: CLAREABBEY (site R2)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E0853
Author: Dermot Nelis, IAC Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 534247m, N 675072m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.822601, -8.975569
The N18 Ennis Bypass would involve the construction of a 13.8km eastern bypass of Ennis from Latoon, outside Newmarket, to north of Barefield, at Cragard, along with a 7.1km western relief road from Killow to Claureen, outside Ennis.
Site R2 was recorded as an area of archaeological potential, due to the fact that river crossings and flood-plains often contain important archaeological remains. The site is located on either side of the River Fergus.
The excavation of five test-trenches within site R2, totalling 147m2, failed to produce any material of archaeological significance.
This project was funded by Clare County Council
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