2018:017 - RATHKEALE, Limerick
County: Limerick
Site name: RATHKEALE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LI029-031001
Licence number: 18E0029
Author: Billy Quinn, Moore Archaeological and Environmental Services Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: No 3 Gort Na Ri, Athenry, Co. Galway
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 536069m, N 641897m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.524682, -8.942113
Monitoring at St Mary’s Park housing estate, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick took place in February 2018. The water rehabilitation works were carried out using the open-cut method and for the most part followed the line of existing services. The trenches were machine-excavated using a mini backhoe excavator. The average trench dimensions were 0.42m wide by 1m deep exposing a thin road base below the tarmac over yellow grey natural sandy clay and limestone bedrock. No finds or features archaeological potential were noted throughout the installation works.