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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 D). The badly disturbed remains of a burnt spread (6m N-S; 4m E-W) with two troughs and a possible water cistern to the E. One trough was flat-bottomed and subrectangular, the second trough was linear and had four pits immediately to the W. A concentration of post-holes was located between the troughs. A hearth was located in the W of Area D. 10m NE of the hearth a small slot-trench containing 4 post-holes was found with intercutting pits. A radiocarbon sample from the hearth yielded dates of 41 cal BC – cal AD 55 (UBA-14024). A post-hole in Area D yielded dates of 762-416 cal BC (UBA-14025). (Devine 2010, 242, no. 908; Devine and Coughlan 2012)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 26 November 2013

References

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

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 Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.