2005:682 - DERREEN, Kerry

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Kerry Site name: DERREEN

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0910

Author: Annette Quinn, Tobar Archaeological Services

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 496179m, N 592207m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.072064, -9.514447

Testing of a proposed development site at Derreen, Killarney, Co. Kerry, was undertaken as part of an impact assessment. The proposed development consisted of the construction of 60 dwelling houses on a greenfield site adjacent to the constraint zone for a standing stone (SMR 66:52). No archaeological finds or features were uncovered during testing.

15 Willowfields, Ladysbridge, Castlemartyr, Co. Cork