County: Kerry Site name: KILLARNEY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 07E0522
Author: Laurence Dunne and Karen Buckley
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 496838m, N 590843m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.059935, -9.504427
Monitoring was undertaken of a major infrastructural project on behalf of Kerry County Council within Killarney 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 telecoms 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 450mm 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.
The town is not listed as a recorded monument, nor is it included in the Urban Archaeology Survey of Kerry. The proposed trench route for the four-way ducting will be excavated within the existing street system through the constraint zone of a holy well, KE066–067, in Coollegreane in the centre of Killarney town.
No archaeological deposits, stratigraphy or artefacts were recorded within the infrastructural trenches opened throughout Killarney town.
3 Lios Na Lohart, Ballyvelly, Tralee, Co. Kerry
