County: Limerick Site name: Cos. Limerick and Tipperary: n7 nenagh to limerick dual carriageway (contract 1)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: A026/158, E2928
Author: Avril Hayes, Aegis Archaeology Ltd, 32 Nicholas Street, King’s Island, Limerick.
Site type: Testing – various
Period/Dating: —
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.
