County: Kerry Site name: Castleisland
Sites and Monuments Record No.: KE040–029 Licence number: 07E0520
Author: Laurence Dunne and Karen Buckley, 3 Lios Na Lohart, Ballyvelly, Tralee, Co. Kerry.
Site type: Urban
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 499871m, N 609644m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.229431, -9.465744
Monitoring was undertaken of a major infrastructural project on behalf of Kerry County Council within Castleisland town. The Kerry regional broadband project will initially construct metropolitan area rings designed for multiple operator use in four urban locations: Castleisland, Killarney, Listowel and Tralee. The proposed broadband infrastructure consists of four-way 110mm telecom ducting, sub-ducts, fibres, chambers, fibre management equipment, co-location units, connections and all associated ancillary works. The trench for the four-way ducting was generally 0.45m wide with a maximum depth of 1m. The route of the duct was predominantly along public roads, with some routing along footways and grassed areas.
Castleisland town is not listed as a recorded monument, nor is it included in the Urban Archaeology Survey of Kerry. No archaeological monuments are recorded within the vicinity of the proposed duct route. The castle KE040–026, from which the town derives its name, is located 75m from the proposed duct trench, which will be situated within the existing street.
The section faces of the trench typically comprised trunking and rubble fill with the base of the trench frequently cutting into a natural dark-orangish-yellow silty clay natural subsoil.
Nothing of archaeological significance was recorded within the trenches.
