County: Limerick Site name: Towlerton
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 19E0523
Author: Aidan O'Connell
Site type: Test Excavation
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 560986m, N 656018m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.653950, -8.576616
Test excavations were undertaken across a 5.07ha proposed school site at Towlerton, Castletroy, Co. Limerick. Three monuments were recorded on the site, LI005-074 (Standing Stone), LI005-073 (Fulacht fia) and LI005-090 (Fulacht fia). A total of 10 test trenches with a combined length of 2500 linear metres were excavated within the site. LI005-074 was discovered to be an erroneous duplication of LI005-089, a standing stone located north of and outside the proposed development area. LI005-090 was discovered to be an erroneous duplication of LI005-073. No archaeological material was noted at either of these locations and both of these entries have now been removed from the online SMR database. No archaeology was found at the location of LI005-073. This was a burnt spread discovered during monitoring undertaken in advance of the Castletroy Distributor Road (T Cummins; 04E0437; 2004:1037) which was preserved in situ and the location was subsequently used as a temporary topsoil storage area. Some scraps of terram were noted on the subsoil surface at this location during the current test excavations. It would therefore appear that the site was removed during reinstatement works following construction of the Castletroy Distributor Road.
No archaeological material was recorded in the course of the assessment.
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