County: Louth Site name: BOOLIES
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 97E0475 ext.
Author: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 703365m, N 792329m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.870102, -6.428263
The site was found by Kieran Campbell during monitoring of the digging of drainage gullies at the sides of the Northern Motorway/Dunleer–Dundallk Bypass. The drain was dug through the archaeological deposits, and, as no further disturbance was to take place, the site was only recorded in section.
A mid-grey/brown deposit of burnt stones, ash and charcoal, 3.5m x 0.2m, covered a 1.5m x 0.25m-deep cut. This contained dark blackish-brown, sandy clay, frequent burnt stones and large concentrations of charcoal. Burnt bone and a fragment of heat-shattered quartz were also found. This may be interpreted as a hearth, though given the recording method it is difficult to be certain of this. Radiocarbon dates are awaited.
6 Riverview, Ardnore, Kilkenny
