County: Tipperary Site name: KNOCKALTON UPPER (SITE B)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 97E0320 ext.
Author: Richard N. O'Brien, Archaeological Development Services Ltd.
Site type: Habitation site
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 589252m, N 677639m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.849572, -8.159551
Site B lay to the south-east of AR27, and close to the Knockalton Road, on the Nenagh Bypass. The site area was c. 10.5m north-south x 12m and consisted of a series of post- and stake-holes with a number of associated pits. The post-holes did not form a clearly identifiable structure. The largest pit lay immediately north of the series of post-holes. This pit measured 1.5m x 2m and was 0.45m deep, consisting of a charcoal- and burnt clay-flecked soil. The northern edge of the pit had been disturbed by a plough furrow. The western portion of the site area was disturbed by a modern test-pit.
Finds consisted of sherds of prehistoric pottery, charcoal and chert flakes, all from the surface of the site.
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