2006:1275 - Orr Street, Kilmallock, Limerick

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Limerick Site name: Orr Street, Kilmallock

Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: 06E0124

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

Site type: Urban

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 560942m, N 627809m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.400414, -8.573944

Monitoring was undertaken of groundworks associated with the construction of three townhouses and associated works. The site is located within the constraint zone for Kilmallock town (LI047–022). No archaeological finds or features were uncovered during the excavation of the house foundations, but a layer of terram and sand was laid down in order to protect any possible underlying deposits.