County: Wicklow Site name: COOLBOY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 97E0303
Author: Colin D. Gracie, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 703749m, N 668995m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.762032, -6.462780
The site was discovered during monitoring of topsoil removal for the Arklow bypass. It consisted of a horseshoe-shaped spread of burnt stones and charcoal 5–6m in diameter. The spread was fully excavated but no trace of a hearth or trough was revealed. A flint flake was found on the surface of the burnt spread. No mound was visible prior to topsoil removal; the site was located at the bottom of a small valley beside a stream.
8 Abbeydale Close, Lucan, Co. Dublin
