County: Limerick Site name: Knockainy West
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LI032–141 Licence number: 07E0938
Author: Bruce Sutton, for Aegis Archaeology Ltd, 32 Nicolas Street, Kings Island, Limerick.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 568211m, N 636051m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.474963, -8.467920
Test-trenching was undertaken in relation to the proposed construction of a single-storey dwelling house, garage, entrance and boundary walls, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area and associated site works at Knockainy West, Hospital, Co. Limerick, located within the zone of archaeological potential for the historic town of Knockainy. Eight trenches were machine excavated around the footprint of the proposed development. No finds or features of archaeological significance were uncovered.
