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The National Monuments Service's description

In a low-lying field in pasture at the edge of wetlands and the River Goul to the W. Excavated in 2006 in advance of the Cullahill to Cashel road improvement scheme (Excavation licence no. E2390). A large burnt mound (15m x 13m x 0.2-0.35m) with frequent amounts of heat-affected stone and charcoal. An oval cut (1.5-1.8m x 0.8m x 0.1-0.2m), lined at the base by worked wooden planks and surrounded by wooden stakes was recorded beneath the mound. A radiocarbon date of 2120-1880 cal BC (Poz-24999) was returned for one of the wooden stakes. A second burnt mound (KK008-196----) was excavated c. 20mm to the SW. (Hardy 2009, 288, no. 1100; Hardy and Green 2009)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 4 November 2013

References

Hardy, C. and Green, B. 2009 M8/N8 Cullahill to Cashel Road Improvement Scheme: Archaeological Resolution. Final report. Ministerial direction: A027/000. Registration Number: E2390. Site Name: AR48. Warrenstown Townland, Co. Kilkenny. Unpublished excavation report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.

Hardy, C. 2009 Site AR48, Warrenstown. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 288, no. 1100. Dublin. Wordwell.

Phelan, S. 2008 Various. Foulkscourt. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2005: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 193, no. 790. Dublin. Wordwell.