County: Kerry Site name: LAHARAN, Killorglin
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E1384
Author: Jacinta Kiely, Eachtra Archaeological Projects
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 477526m, N 596527m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.107069, -9.787960
Pre-development testing was undertaken in Laharan, Killorglin, at the intersection of School Street and Iveragh Road. The development comprises the construction of a three-storey 2041m2 area services centre containing County Council offices, a library, a tourist office, a courthouse, a canteen and a garda station. The former Killorglin railway station was sited at the development site. It was opened in 1883 and closed in 1960. Nine test-trenches were opened across the site by a mechanical digger using a 2m-wide flat ditching bucket. The total length of trenching was 495m. The topsoil comprised a mid- to dark-brown silty clay loam with occasional rubble from railway infrastructure. The subsoil consisted of a light-yellow/brown sandy clay. No archaeological features or artefacts were recorded in the trenches.
Further testing remains to be undertaken when demolition of a building fronting onto the Iveragh Road has taken place.
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