County: Limerick Site name: Friarstown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LI013-094001- Licence number: 18E0669 and 18R0228
Author: Fintan Walsh
Site type: Site of enclosure LI013-094001-
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 558492m, N 649318m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.593548, -8.612633
A programme of monitoring was undertaken at Friarstown, County Limerick in respect of remediation works to remove an illegal dump. The remediation works were undertaken by Roadbridge (Civil Engineering Ltd) on behalf of the landowner. The site of the dump was located on privately-owned farmland, within the site of a possible enclosure (LI013-094001-). A large hengiform enclosure (LI013-094002-) is immediately to the west of the dump site.
Previous investigations of the site in 2017 involved geophysical survey and site investigation monitoring of test pits. This work confirmed the existence of an illegal dump within the site of the possible enclosure LI013-094001-.
Archaeological Management Solutions were commissioned to undertake the monitoring of all remedial groundworks and associated activities in line with the removal of this illegal dump material. A detection licence was also sought for this work in tandem with the monitoring for the purpose of identifying finds from topsoil/any exposed archaeological deposits (licence 18R0228).
The monitoring of waste removal was undertaken between 29 November and 5 December 2018 with final topsoil deposition undertaken in March 2019. Approximately 350m cubed of material/waste was removed during these works. No archaeological features or deposits were exposed during the excavation works and no archaeological finds/objects were identified.
The extent of the dump was surveyed using GPS equipment. The cut for the dump was back-filled with the original up-cast material from the excavation of the dump cut as well as imported soils and clay.
Final topsoil deposition was undertaken in March 2019 over the extent of the back-filled dump cut.
c/o AMS, Unit 1, Hector Street Mills, Kilrush, Co. Clare
