Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Kilbane, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbane
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.65560, -8.57084
- SMR number
- LI005-085001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On gentle W-facing slope, in low-lying pasture, c. 185m E of the Groody River. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified in 2002 during monitoring (Licence No. 02E1787) in advance of a residential development including private houses, student accommodation and support facilities (Hayes 2003, 4). Topsoil stripping in Field 1 uncovered eight pits and one deposit. Five of the pits contained cremated bone and two pits contained fragments of Bronze Age pottery. These were excavated under the same license in December 2002 (Hayes 2003, 4).
See attached plan extract from monitoring report (Hayes 2003).
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 30 June 2020
References
Hayes, A. 2003 Report on archaeological monitoring at Fields 1-3, Kilbane II, Castletroy, Co. Limerick. Licence no. 02E1787. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Hayes, A. 2003 Archaeological excavations at Field 1, Kilbane II, Co. Limerick. Licence no. 02E1787. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.