County: Clare Site name: Kilkee Rising Main, Foohagh, Kilkee Upper, Kilkee Lower, Kilkee
Sites and Monuments Record No.: CL056-036---- Licence number: 22E0257
Author: Graham Hull
Site type: Non archaeological
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 487400m, N 659560m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.675492, -9.665069
Monitoring was carried out during the partial replacement of the existing foul and storm rising mains at the western edge of the town of Kilkee, within the townlands of Kilkee Upper, Kilkee Lower and Foohagh, passing close to ringfort CL056-036. The western 1,200m greenfield section of the pipe route was laid in an open-cut trench, with the eastern portion laid by directional drilling. Within the greenfield part approximately 11m of the 20m-wide wayleave was stripped of topsoil before the pipe trench was excavated. Monitoring was concentrated on topsoil stripping and, where natural subsoil was not initially exposed, on the subsequent trench excavation. The part of the scheme laid by directional drilling was not monitored. No archaeological deposits or features were identified during monitoring.
TVAS (Ireland) Ltd, Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare
