County: Limerick Site name: Newtown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 11E0139
Author: Seán Shanahan
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 562955m, N 655908m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.653099, -8.547504
Monitoring was carried out in support of a grant of planning permission for drainage works associated with the development of a pitch and putt course at Newtown, Monaleen Road, Castletroy, Co. Limerick. The nearest monument, LI006-034, an enclosure, is situated approximately 400m to the west of the development site. The proposed development will consist of a single land drain measuring approx 0.5m in width by c. 80m in length extending in a south-east by north-west direction traversing the development site. This drain feature will feed into a square soak pit at its north-west terminus, roughly measuring 5m by 5m by c. 2m in depth, which may also serve as a water feature for the pitch and putt course. Nothing of archaeological significance was encountered.
Shanarc Archaeological Consultancy, Loc na Mon, Sion Road, Kilkenny.
