County: Kilkenny Site name: ARCON MINE (GALMOY), Castletown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 99E0753
Author: Tim Coughlan, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 626874m, N 672829m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.805787, -7.601417
Monitoring of topsoil-stripping and associated plant excavations was carried out at the Arcon Mines, Galmoy, Co. Kilkenny. The topsoil-stripping formed part of the works associated with the construction of a new tailings pond at the mine. During the construction of the first tailings pond in 1996, a number of fulachta fiadh/burnt mounds were recorded, as well as a corn-drying kiln with associated industrial activity.
No archaeological features were identified during the monitoring in 1999, but three possible fulachta fiadh sites were identified in January 2000, which will require excavation.
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