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The National Monuments Service's description

In a marshy field on the edge of wetlands and the river Goul to the E. Excavated in 2006 in advance of the M8/N8 Cullahill to Cashel Road Improvement Scheme (Excavation licence no. E2386). A mound (L 24m; Wth 14.5m; D 0.06-0.6m) of loose clayey sand with frequent charcoal and heat-shattered stone. Two troughs and five pits were recorded beneath the mound. Timbers below the mound returned a radiocarbon date of 2120-1880 cal BC (Poz-24995). A possible platform within the upper levels returned a date of 1130-910 cal BC indicating a second phase of activity. A leaf-shaped flint arrowhead was recovered from the topsoil in proximity to the mound. (Hardy 2009, 266, no. 1039; Hardy and Green 2009)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 15 October 2013

References

Hardy, C. 2009 Site AR44, Islands. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 266, no. 1039. 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.: E2386. Site AR 44, Islands Townland, Co. Kilkenny. Unpublished excavation report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.