2014:379 - KILL HILL (Site 14), Tipperary
County: Tipperary
Site name: KILL HILL (Site 14)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 14E0171
Author: Sean Shanahan, Shanarc Archaeology Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 39A Hebron Business Park, Kilkenny
Site type: Cremation pit
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 613637m, N 642052m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.529661, -7.799012
This cremation pit was discovered during monitoring of construction of a windfarm at Kill Hill, Co. Tipperary. No other features were present in the exposed areas. This pit measured 0.31m x 0.33m x 0.08m and was fully excavated; the cut only supported one fill. It contained bone and charcoal combined with a silty clay. The bone was examined and 3 fragments were identified as human. The charcoal yielded viable ash which was dated to 1222-1018 BC (OxCal 13 95.4%).
