Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Skehacreggaun, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Skehacreggaun
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not shown.
- Coordinates
- 52.63764, -8.67407
- SMR number
- LI013-226----
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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
A small pit identified by J. Kiely during archaeological testing prior to the construction of a housing estate carried out under Licence No. 04E0414 (Kiely 2004). The remains of a corn drying kiln (LI013-225----) c. 20m to the NW and a holy well (LI013-009006 ----) c. 215m to the S were also excavated. The pit was revealed in Field 2, and was located ‘13m from the S end of trench 6’ and the results were summarised as following; ‘An isolated circular pit was recorded c. 25m south of the kiln, measuring 0.3m in diameter, with a maximum depth of 0.15m. A chert scraper was included in the fill’ (www.excavations.ie 2004:No. 1030, Kiley 2007, 248)
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 30 June 2020
References
Kiely, J. 2004 Archaeological Test Excavation Report, Skehacreggaun, Mungret, Co. Limerick. Unpublished report (Licence No. 04E0414) submitted by Eachtra Archaeological Projects on behalf of Shabrand Development Ltd. to the National Monuments Service, Dúchas.
Kiely, J. 2007 Skehacreggaun, Mungret: Prehistoric Pit. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 248, No. 1030. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.