1997:613 - JOHNSTOWN NORTH, Wicklow

NMI Burial Excavation Records

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