2018:421 - BEAL EAST, Kerry
County: Kerry
Site name: BEAL EAST
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 18E0590
Author: Bruce Sutton of Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd., Unit 2 Europa Enterprise Park, Midleton, Co. Cork P25 TV25
Site type: Field system and Cultivation ridges
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 489239m, N 647016m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.563171, -9.633685
The subject fields were on arable farmland with many modern plough furrows. All test trenches were excavated to the level of natural subsoil, which was composed of mottled orange/tan sandy clays with grey marl patches. Topsoil comprised a dark brown silty clay. Linear agricultural features and several field drains were identified during the trenching works.
No archaeological features were identified.