County: Limerick Site name: ADARE: Dunraven Arms Hotel
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LI021-032001 Licence number: 04E1331
Author: Tracy Collins, Aegis Archaeology Ltd, 16 Avondale Court, Corbally, Limerick.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 546358m, N 646150m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.564017, -8.791179
Test-trenching in conjunction with an assessment was undertaken at the site in advance of the construction of an extension to the hotel. The development is located within the zone of archaeological potential for the historic town of Adare. In addition, the Dunraven Arms Hotel is on the Register of Protected Structures: structure number 5 (Local Area Plan for Adare Limerick County Council 2002). A single trench measuring 22m in length was excavated to a maximum depth of 0.6m by 1.5m wide. Nothing of an archaeological nature was recorded during the test-trenching.
