County: Wicklow Site name: JOHNSTOWN NORTH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 97E0207
Author: Patricia Lynch, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 726395m, N 677421m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.832902, -6.124162
This site was discovered as a result of archaeological monitoring of topsoil-stripping prior to the construction of the Arklow bypass. The excavation took place from 12 June to 29 August 1997.
The site was a fulacht fiadh complex and consisted of three troughs, eight hearths and c. 100 stake- and postholes.
10 Ashford Place, Dublin 7
