Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Newtown (clanwilliam By., Kilmurry Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (clanwilliam By., Kilmurry Ed)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.65459, -8.55063
- SMR number
- LI006-092004-
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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
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 2003, 241). Located adjacent to an enclosure (LI006-092001-), hut site (LI006-092003-), cremation pit (LI006-092005-), enclosure (LI006-092006-) and miscellaneous features (LI006-092002-). The site was excavated by Frank Coyne under Licence No. 01E0214, the results were summarised as follows: ‘ This site, Structure B, again consisted of a combination of post-holes and slot-trench. It measured 8m north-west/south-east and was at least 3.5m wide. It also had a U-shaped or rectangular plan’ (www.excavations.ie 2001:791, Coyne 2003, 242).
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 16 June 2020
References
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 Unpublished report (Licence No. 01E0214) submitted by Aegis Archaeology Ltd.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
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.
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.
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.