2006:1252 - Castletown, Limerick

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Limerick Site name: Castletown

Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: 06E0324

Author: Miriam Carroll, Tobar Archaeological Services, 15 Willowfields, Ladysbridge, Castlemartyr, Co. Cork.

Site type: No archaeological significance

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 544743m, N 630586m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.423980, -8.812426

Testing of a proposed development, the construction of a slatted cow shed and slurry pit, at Castletown, Ballygran, Co. Limerick, was undertaken as part of an impact assessment. The site is located within the constraint zone for a ringfort (LI038–113). Three test-trenches were excavated in the area of the development and no archaeological finds or features were uncovered.