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The National Monuments Service's description

In a marshy field on the edge of wetlands to the W. Excavated in 2006 in advance of the M8/N8 Cullahill to Cashel Road Improvement Scheme (Excavation licence no. E2389). A mound (13.5m N-S; 19m E-W; D 0.46m) composed of black sandy silt with broken angular burnt stone that extends E beyond the limits of the excavation. A suboval pit (2.35m N-S; 1.81m E-W; D 0.14m) with vertical sides and a flat base lay c. 2m N of the edge of the mound. Two post-holes were found within the base. The mound was truncated E-W by a modern field drain. A sample from the burnt mound returned a radiocarbon date of 1610-1410 cal BC (Poz-26537) while a sample from the pit returned a date of 1060-840 cal BC (Poz-26538). (Hardy 2009, 267-8, no. 1042; Hardy and Green 2009)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 15 October 2013

References

Hardy, C. 2009 Site AR47, Islands. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 267-8, no. 1042. Dublin. Wordwell.

Hardy, C. and Green, B. 2009 M8/N8 Cullahill to Cashel Road Improvement Scheme: Archaeological Resolution. Final report. Ministerial Direction: A027/000 Registration No.: E2389. Site AR 47, Islands Townland, Co. Kilkenny. Unpublished excavation report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.