2018:421 - Beal East, Kerry

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Kerry Site name: Beal East

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 18E0590

Author: Bruce Sutton of Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd

Site type: Test trenching

Period/Dating:

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.

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