2019:100 - GLENHERON EMPLOYMENT LANDS, Wicklow
County: Wicklow
Site name: GLENHERON EMPLOYMENT LANDS
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 19E0195
Author: Liza Kavanagh, c/o IAC Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Unit G1 Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
Site type: Spread and Pit
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 729223m, N 709775m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.122844, -6.069308
Testing was carried out at the pre-planning stage on the footprint of a proposed development at Charlesland, Co. Wicklow.
Five trenches were excavated, three revealed a number of archaeological features.
– Trench 2 contained a sub-oval pit with grey clay and burnt stone.
– Trench 3 contained a burnt mound spread of c.8m x 6m, truncated by modern drainage, as well as a large sub-oval pit and a small sub-circular pit, spread out within the 110m long trench.
– Trench 4 contained a spread of grey silty clay and a sub-oval pit filled with dark grey silty clay.
These features were excavated under the same licence in June 2019.