County: Kerry Site name: DROMTHACKER, Tralee
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 99E0439
Author: Jacinta Kiely, Eachtra Archaeological Projects
Site type: Pit-burial
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 485850m, N 616478m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.288112, -9.673213
Monitoring of all ground disturbance aspects of the entrance and access roads within the area of Kerry Technology Park was undertaken to comply with a planning condition. Four areas of archaeological stratigraphy were noted on the line of the road during topsoil-stripping and were subsequently excavated.
Four pits were excavated on the line of the access road. Pit 1 measured 0.48m north-south by 0.44m and was 0.26m deep. A narrow flue extended from the north-west side and under the baulk. The pit contained cremated bone fragments, which have been identified by Catryn Power as representing the bones of at least one adult individual. The sex could not be determined.
Pit 2 measured 0.6m north-south by 0.4m and was 0.12m deep. Pit 3 measured 0.7m north-south by 0.45m and was 0.3m deep. Pit 4 measured 1.72m north-south by 4.14m and was 0.24m deep. A flue extended from the western side of the pit. It measured 0.35m north-south by 2.2m and was 0.14m deep. Post-excavation work is ongoing.
Clover Hill, Mallow, Co. Cork
