County: Limerick Site name: 53-54 Athlunkard Street, Limerick
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: 11E0268 ext.
Author: Graham Hull
Site type: Medieval deposits perhaps relating to tanning
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 557965m, N 657625m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.668167, -8.621467
In 2014, a second phase of test trenching of a plot of land bounded by Athlunkard Street, Sheep Street and Meat Market Lane 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 0.8-1.0m below street level. A timber structure (perhaps a fence line) was also identified.
TVAS (Ireland) Ltd, AHISH, BALLINRUAN, CRUSHEEN, CO. CLARE
