2008:625 - LISTOWEL: Presentation Convent, Kerry

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Kerry

Site name: LISTOWEL: Presentation Convent

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A

Licence number: 08E0270

Author: Niamh O’Rourke, Sheila Lane & Associates

Author/Organisation Address: Deanrock Business Park, Togher, Cork

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 498332m, N 633950m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.447546, -9.495624

A pre-development assessment, including testing, was undertaken of a proposed development site at the Presentation Convent, Listowel, Co. Kerry. There are a number of standing buildings within the proposed development site, including the convent (built in 1835), chapel and associated buildings. Six test-trenches were excavated across the site. No features or finds of archaeological significance were identified.