2019:066 - KILKEE: Dunlicky Road, Kilkee Upper, Clare

Testing of the site of a proposed new dwelling at Dunlicky Road, Kilkee Upper townland, Kilkee, Co. Clare revealed a number of features and deposits of archaeological potential. Although undated, these features appear to be of some antiquity and may relate to neighbouring monument CL056-040001, now sited beneath a 20th-century house. The monument is recorded as a graveyard shown on historic maps and noted in antiquarian sources as a children’s burial ground, but thought to possibly be the site of the original church that provided the ‘cill’ in the name ‘Kilkee’. Rich soil from a 20th-century cattle shed may account for some of the deposits on site. Full excavation or monitoring followed by excavation is recommended as a condition of planning permission.