2025:130 - Ballygrennan (St Muchin's Parish), Limerick

Archaeological Management Solutions (AMS) were engaged to undertake archaeological testing and geophysical survey in fulfilment of a condition of planning permission. The site contained no Recorded Monuments/recorded archaeological sites or sites of architectural heritage interest. The geophysical survey by Jeff O’Neill of AMS in 2024 (Licence Ref.: 24R0496), identified multiple anomalies which were ‘ground-truthed’ during by testing but all proved to be non-archaeological in origin.

Test excavation revealed an oval burnt spread, that measuring 16.4m northwest–southeast x 13.56m with an average depth of 0.28m. The spread lay beneath an original topsoil sealed by later redeposited subsoil and boulders up to 1.5m deep, and was situated near an area of wetland that is prone to flooding.