County: Wicklow Site name: MOUNT USHER (Monitoring Site 28)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E1547
Author: Ciara MacManus, ADS Ltd.
Site type: Burnt spread
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 727621m, N 697318m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.011343, -6.098162
Monitoring of topsoil-stripping along the proposed route of the N11 Newtownmountkennedy– Ballynabarny Road Scheme in County Wicklow uncovered a new archaeological site in the townland of Mount Usher.
The site was revealed as an area measuring c. 15m by 15m, with several spreads of charcoal scattered around. Investigation of these revealed a number of scattered small post-holes in the north-eastern part of the site, and a small pit was excavated in the western part.
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