County: Limerick Site name: COS. Limerick and Tipperary: N7 Nenagh to Limerick Dual Carriageway (Contract 1)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A026/158, E2928
Author: Avril Hayes, Aegis Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 565043m, N 658188m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.673733, -8.516887
Testing was undertaken in advance of this project between January and March 2006. A total of 86 direction (sub-scheme) numbers were allocated by the NRA Project Archaeologist in advance of the testing project. Twenty-seven areas of archaeological potential were uncovered during the testing and sites were identified for further archaeological investigation and/or excavation. Fulachta fiadh were the most common site type found. The sites found were initially identified as described in the table shown opposite.
32 Nicholas Street, King’s Island, Limerick
