2025:275 - CAHER WEST, Kerry
County: Kerry
Site name: CAHER WEST
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 25E0660
Author: Margaret McCarthy
Author/Organisation Address: Rostellan, Midleton, Co Cork
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 494391m, N 572643m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.895927, -9.534506
It is proposed to further extend an existing operational quarry in Caher West, Kenmare. The site of a castle (KE093-006), demolished in 1969 when extraction commenced, is located within the area of the original quarry. A pre-planning archaeological assessment and test excavation was commissioned by the quarry owners to be included with the planning application to extend the quarry. Six test trenches were excavated across a linear area of pastureland on the north side of the quarry face and no features of archaeological significance were exposed.