2005:1012 - RATHKEALE: Main Street/Fairhill, Limerick

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Limerick Site name: RATHKEALE: Main Street/Fairhill

Sites and Monuments Record No.: LI029-031001 Licence number: 04E1519

Author: Deborah Sutton, Sheila Lane & Associates

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 536374m, N 641807m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.523911, -8.937600

Nine test-trenches were excavated on this long, narrow site in November 2004 (Excavations 2004, No. 1034). The demolition of the street-front buildings allowed for the excavation of the final test-trench, Trench 10, in April 2005. The 1m-wide trench was excavated for a distance of 23m in a south-east/north-west direction from the street front. Limestone bedrock directly underlay c. 0.2m of topsoil. Nothing of archaeological significance was noted.

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