2022:276 - Mungret Community College, Caheranardrish, Mungret, Limerick

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Limerick Site name: Mungret Community College, Caheranardrish, Mungret

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: Unlicenced

Author: Ross Macleod, Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd

Site type: Monitoring, no archaeology found

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 553481m, N 653406m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.629883, -8.687162

Archaeological monitoring was carried out at the site of a proposed new community college development at Caheranardrish, Mungret, Co. Limerick. The requirement for archaeological monitoring was a condition (condition 19) of planning granted by Limerick County Council.

The development site comprises of the construction of a 1000-pupil post-primary school c. 11,379 sqm in size over 3 stories.

All ground works at the site were subject to a programme of archaeological monitoring. Topsoil varied in depth from 0.1–0.3m. No finds or archaeological deposits were identified during monitoring.

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