County: Kerry Site name: TRALEE: Mounthawk 2
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 97E0212
Author: Laurence Dunne, Eachtra Archaeological Projects
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 482161m, N 615504m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.278575, -9.726923
Three potential areas of archaeological interest were identified during monitoring of initial development work at a new estate in Mounthawk, Tralee. The development site is located south-east of another site at Mounthawk (No. 251 above).
Area 1: A pit and stake-hole underlay the topsoil and cut the natural. No datable material or artefacts were recovered from either cut feature.
Area 2: A linear feature, 8m x 0.7m and 0.1m deep, aligned north-south, was located 25m from Area 1. Two sections 0.5m wide were excavated through the feature. It contained brown sandy silt. The sides were sloping and the base was flat. It may possibly be a cultivation feature.
Area 3, located to the north of Areas 1 and 2, consisted of a small pit 4m west of a burnt deposit. The burnt deposit extended under the baulk. No datable evidence was recovered from either feature.
43 Ard Carraig, Tralee, Co. Kerry
