2022:658 - Main Street, Shanagolden, Limerick

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Limerick Site name: Main Street, Shanagolden

Sites and Monuments Record No.: LI019-012 Licence number: 22E0435

Author: Jamie Lewis & Seán Shanahan; Shanarc Archaeology Ltd.

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 525467m, N 647555m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.574181, -9.099589

Groundworks associated with the construction of a dwelling house, with ancillary site works, at Main Street, Shanagolden, Co. Limerick were archaeologically monitored on 17 September 2022. The archaeological potential of the site arises from its location within an historic town, recorded monument LI019-012.

The monitored groundworks comprised the excavation of foundation trenches associated with the modular-style dwelling house, and the excavation of a trench associated with a foul pipe, leading from the dwelling house to the Main Street.

No archaeology was found during monitored groundworks.

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