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The National Monuments Service's description

On a SE-facing slope. Excavated in 2007 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road improvement scheme (Licence no. E3606, Area B). Two troughs and two pits were identified in Area B. A dark stain was all that remained of burnt mound material. Trough 1 was subrectangular and contained four post/stake-holes in its base. A small pit lay to the E but its function was unclear. Trough 2 lay to the E of Trough 1. Twenty stake-holes were found around the edge. Two samples from the troughs yielded radiocarbon dates of 1740-1630 cal BC (UBA-14023) and 1874-1641 cal BC (UBA-14116). (Devine 2010, 242, no. 908; Devine and Coughlan 2012)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 26 November 2013

References

Devine, E. and Coughlan, T. 2012 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme, Phase 4: Knocktopher to Powerstown. Final report. E3606. Danganbeg 1. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.

Devine, E. 2010 AR058, Danganbeg. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 242, no. 908. Bray. Wordwell.