2009:532 - KILLAGHTEEN, Limerick

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Limerick Site name: KILLAGHTEEN

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 09E0292

Author: Miriam Carroll, Tobar Archaeological Services, Saleen, Midleton, Cork.

Site type: Works ongoing

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 526259m, N 632690m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.440705, -9.084610

The initial phase of monitoring of a proposed development site at Killaghteen, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick, was carried out as a condition of planning. The proposed development consists of the construction of a ground-floor extension to the sides and rear of a dwelling, the addition of a porch to the front of the dwelling and the addition of a railing at the front boundary wall. The proposed development site is located within the zone of archaeological potential for a ringfort (LI036–059). The first phase of groundworks consisting of the excavation of foundations for a boundary wall was monitored in November 2009 and the further works will be undertaken during 2010.