Hut site

The National Monuments Service's description

Hut sites stood on dry sandy soil on the leeward side of a low hill that were excavated prior to the construction of the section of the M7 known as the Limerick Southern Ring Road. Two fulacht fia (LI006-087001----/-087002-) lie 150m to the east. Initially identified as a scatter of flint and numerous pits in fields 24/25 during the archaeological testing and monitoring of the Limerick Southern Ring Road by Tony Cummins (Cummins 2001). Two hut sites described as Newtown B was excavated under Licence No. 01E0056 ext. by Avril Hayes, the results were summarised as following; 'a circular hut site (diam. 7m) composed of post- and stake-holes, a cluster of stake-holes and a curvilinear feature, all of which had been truncated by a series of ridges and furrows. All of the features were overlain by topsoil and were cut into the natural subsoil. A number of isolated features were excavated in the same field.’ (www.excavations.ie 2001:788 ; Hayes 2001)

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date upload: 15 June 2020

References

Cummins, T. 2001 Interim report 4 on the archaeological test trenching of potential archaeological sites found during pre-construction ploughing of the proposed limerick southern ring road, Contract 1. Unpublished report (Licence No. 01E0056) submitted by Aegis Archaeology Ltd. on behalf of Limerick Co. Co. to the National Monuments Service, Dúchas.

Hayes, A. 2001 Archaeological excavation of Newtown B and D, County Limerick. Unpublished report (Licence No. 01E0056 ext.), submitted by Aegis Archaeology Ltd. on behalf of Limerick Co. Co. to the National Monuments Service, Dúchas.