County: Louth Site name: RICHARDSTOWN 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 99E0200
Author: Matthew Seaver for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: Pit
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 701507m, N 790936m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.857949, -6.456973
A burnt spread was discovered under topsoil and was excavated on 7 July 1999. It consisted of a spread of mid-brown, silty clay measuring 1.05m north-south by 1.25m, with frequent flecks and sparse small lumps of charcoal. On excavation a shallow, irregular-shaped pit up to 0.08m deep was uncovered. It cut through natural till. No artefacts were recovered, and a sample is currently being processed for radiocarbon dating.
29–30 Duke Street, Athy, Co. Kildare
