County: Dublin Site name: RATHFARNHAM GOLF CLUB, Newtown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 99E0344
Author: Martin Reid for ADS Ltd, Windsor House, 11 Fairview Strand, Fairview, Dublin 3.
Site type: Burnt mound and Burnt spread
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 713045m, N 725608m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.268755, -6.305294
The development of a golf-course to the west of the Owendoher River was monitored by Nóra Bermingham in 1999 (Excavations 1999, 89–90). A burnt mound was identified during this work, as well as several secondary spreads. The burnt mound was excavated and was seen to be heavily truncated by later drains, including a substantial stone-lined drain, which acts as a tributary to the Owendoher River. Several stone-filled pits were also excavated, one of which was a probable trough for the fulacht. The positions of four posts were identified in the corners of this subrectangular pit. A substantial quantity of charcoal was present, and it appeared likely that the pit had been timber-lined and that this wood was partially burnt in situ. A sample of this charcoal was sent to the Radiocarbon Laboratory in UCD, producing a date of 3700±60 BP.
