2025:158 - Golflinks Road, Newtown, Monaleen, Limerick

A programme of archaeological testing was carried out over the course of two days from 5 March 2025. The trenches targeted geophysical anomalies and open green space in order to fully investigate the archaeological potential of the site. Testing revealed one area of archaeological significance, a charcoal clamp or small kiln identified in Trench 5, which has been designated as Archaeological Area 1. The geophysical survey identified a number of linear trends running across the site mainly in a north–south and east–west orientation. The majority of these were agricultural drains, furrows and ditches. They were not archaeological in nature. Notwithstanding the above, it is possible that small-scale or isolated archaeological features or deposits have the potential to survive beneath the current ground level, outside of the footprint of the excavated trenches.