Hut site

The National Monuments Service's description

Hut site excavated prior to the construction of the M7 National Road. An area initially identified in field 8 during archaeological test trenching carried out under licence no. 00E0853 in advance of the Limerick Southern Ring-Road Project (www.excavations.ie 2001:787, Hayes 2000). Located adjacent to an enclosure (LI006-092001-), hut site (LI006-092004-), cremation pit (LI006-092005-) and second enclosure (LI006-092006-). Described as Structure A the site was excavated by Frank Coyne under Licence No. 01E0214, the results were summarised as follows: ‘Two structures were excavated to the north of the cremation pits. Both were composed of a combination of post-holes and slot-trenches. The more coherent of the two, Structure A, was rectangular or U-shaped in plan and measured 8m north-east/south-west by 5m. A hearth-like feature was identified in the interior, while a pit, also in the interior, produced fragments of pottery believed to be Bronze Age coarse ware. A large number of stake-holes in the interior may be evidence of a movable screen (www.excavations.ie 2001:791, Coyne 2003, 242).

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 16 June 2020

References

Hayes, A. 2003 Newtown, Co. Limerick Testing. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2001: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 241 (No. 787). Bray. Wordwell.

Coyne, F. 2003 Newtown, Co. Limerick Multi period site. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2001: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 242 (No. 791). Bray. Wordwell.

Coyne, F. 2001 Archaeological report on the excavation at Newtown (A & E), Co. Limerick found during the monitoring of the Limerick Southern Ring Road Phase 1. Unpublished report (Licence No. 01E0214) submitted by Aegis Archaeology Ltd. on behalf of Limerick Co. Co. to the National Monuments Service, Dúchas