Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Kilbane, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbane
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not shown
- Coordinates
- 52.65665, -8.57126
- SMR number
- LI005-085003-
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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. 200m NE of the Groody River. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified by Avril Hayes in 2002 during testing and monitoring (Licence No. 02E1787) in Fields 2 and 3 in advance of a residential development including private houses, student accommodation and support facilities (Hayes 2003, 4). In Field 2 this uncovered four pits and two sections of a ditch (LI005-085002-). In Field 3 a number of cremations and one bowl furnace were revealed. Fragments of pottery were also recovered from the excavation.
See attached plan extract from testing 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 Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht, Dublin.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. 2002 Archaeological test trenching investigations report at Fields 2 & 3, Kilbane, Co. Limerick. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.