2019:147 - RATHMORE, Kerry
County: Kerry
Site name: RATHMORE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 19E0625
Author: Michael Connolly
Author/Organisation Address: Kerry County Council, Ratass, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 516146m, N 593290m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.085178, -9.223539
Pre-development testing took place of a proposed social housing development site at Rathmore, Co. Kerry.
Five trenches were opened across undisturbed areas of the site. Burnt mounds were recorded in Trenches 1 and 2 in the north-west corner of the site.
Burnt Mound A in Trench 1 was located at the western end of the trench and extended 9.5m east-west by 4.5m and remained to a depth/height of 0.35m above the basal clay. The feature was recorded and backfilled prior to excavation
Burnt Mound B was at the western end of Trench 2 and was separated from Burnt Mound A by only 4.5m. Burnt mound B extended 14.5m east-west by 11.5m. It remained as a low, domed mound 0.65m in depth/height. Again it was recorded and backfilled prior to excavation.
No other archaeological features or strata were identified during the course of testing.