County: Limerick Site name: Askeaton
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LI011–092 Licence number: 07E1126
Author: Ross MacLeod, Headland Archaeology Ltd, Unit 25, Lisbaun Industrial Estate, Tuam Road, Galway.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 534260m, N 650422m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.601083, -8.970447
Test-trenching was undertaken in advance of a Limerick County Council housing scheme. The development area was located to the north-west of Askeaton, outside the medieval town. Test-trenches were excavated across all proposed house plots. The average depth of the topsoil, a mid-brown silty clay, was 0.25m. No features or finds of archaeological significance were found.
