2020:034 - ADARE: Rathkeale Road, Limerick
County: Limerick
Site name: ADARE: Rathkeale Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LI021-032001-Historic town
Licence number: 20E0017
Author: Billy Quinn, Moore Archaeological and Environmental Services Ltd
Author/Organisation Address: 3 Gort Na Ri, Athenry, Co. Galway
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 546193m, N 645912m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.561860, -8.793589
Monitoring of open-cut trenches for water main rehabilitation works in Adare town, along the Rathkeale Road (the N21) took place in February 2020. The northern part of the scheme lies within the RMP for the historic town of Adare, LI021-032. The works extended from south of the Blackabbey Road Junction on the N21 and terminated south of Embury Close, Adare. The material exposed in the section faces was a brown grey stony natural clay 0.35m over limestone bedrock. Frequent services were encountered along the length of the trench for power, water and communications. No artefacts or archaeological material was noted in the launch/receptor pits or the exposed section faces of the trenches.