County: Kerry Site name: FORESHORE, Caherciveen
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E1419 ext.
Author: Laurence Dunne, Eachtra Archaeological Projects
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 447182m, N 579860m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.949824, -10.223172
Kerry County Council requested monitoring of the groundworks associated with the construction of twelve dwelling houses and associated ancillary works at the Foreshore, Caherciveen, Co. Kerry. Following consultation with DoEH&LG, testing of the development area was considered to be more appropriate.
A machine with a 1m flat bucket was used to excavate test-trenches along the footprints of the proposed house foundations. The topsoil was a sandy clay with many shale stones. The natural subsoil was a yellow/orange clay. Shale bedrock was exposed in the area of site number 5.
No archaeological stratigraphy or artefacts were recorded.
Ballycurreen Industrial Estate, Kinsale Road, Cork
