County: Louth Site name: BOOLIES
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 97E0475 ext.
Author: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil, for V.J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 703365m, N 792329m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.870102, -6.428263
This site was found by Kieran Campbell during monitoring of the digging of drainage gullies at the sides of the Dunleer–Dundalk Motorway 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 greyish-brown deposit of burnt stones, ash and charcoal, 3.5m by 0.2m, covered a 1.5m by 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
