County: Limerick Site name: 53–54 ATHLUNKARD STREET
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 11E0268
Author: Graham Hull
Site type: Medieval deposits perhaps relating to tanning
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 557941m, N 657633m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.668234, -8.621827
In advance of a housing development, test-trenching of a plot of land bounded by Athlunkard Street, Sheep Street and Meat Market Lane on King’s Island in Limerick City demonstrated that archaeological deposits (perhaps including some relating to a tannery and dating from at the latest the mid-13th to mid-14th century AD) are present across the entire site. This archaeological horizon may be as much as 2.8m deep and lies 0.8–1m below street level. Sherds of Limerick ware, Santonge ware, a crucible part and a piece of glazed floor tile were recovered. A radiocarbon determination of AD 1211–73 was made from a hazelnut shell from the bottom of the sequence (UBA-18663).
TVAS (Ireland) Ltd, Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare
