County: Limerick Site name: Sarsfield Street, Kilmallock
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LI047–022 Licence number: 05E0033 ext.
Author: Tracy Collins, Aegis Archaeology Ltd, 32 Nicholas Street, King’s Island, Limerick.
Site type: Urban
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 560803m, N 627904m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.401256, -8.575994
Testing was undertaken in advance of the development of the site into several apartments with parking. A protected structure located on the site was retained and incorporated into the new development. Seven trenches were excavated, four within the extant structures on the site and three to the rear. The trenches varied in depth from 0.8m to 1.4m. Trench 3, measuring 3m by 1m, yielded a thick archaeological layer with organic material, from which one worked timber was recovered. Other finds included animal bone, modern pottery and a clay-pipe stem. The proposed development allowed that the archaeological material found in the testing could be preserved in situ.
