Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Towlerton, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Towlerton
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not shown
- Coordinates
- 52.65149, -8.57870
- SMR number
- LI005-103----
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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
In flat undulating pasture 400m SW of the Groody River and 120m NW of Garryglass Roundabout. A layer of sterile blackish brown organic clay over the boulder clay was discovered in advance of road building (Hayes 2001). It was interpreted by the excavator as a ‘natural feature’ in ‘field 11’. No artefacts or dating material were retrieved from the fills and the function of the feature is unknown, it was interpreted as a thin deposit of naturally occurring soil.
Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan
Date of upload: 23 July 2020
References
Hayes, A. 2001 Archaeological excavation of sites at Garraun, Garryglass and Towlerton, Co. Limerick found on the Limerick Southern Ring Road archaeological monitoring project. Unpublished report (Licences Nos. 00E0850, 00E0851 & 00E0854) submitted by Aegis Archaeology Ltd. on behalf of Limerick City Council to the National Monuments Service, Dúchas.
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