County: Dublin Site name: MURPHYSTOWN (Site 81)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E1082
Author: Gary Conboy, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: Charcoal-making site
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 719338m, N 725689m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.268099, -6.210973
The site was discovered during monitoring of the South Eastern Motorway, Co. Dublin. The site consisted of one large charcoal-rich pit measuring 1.2m by 0.6m and was up to 0.55m in depth. It contained two fills, both dark charcoal-rich deposits.
No finds were discovered during the excavation. The shape and fill of the pit are similar to charcoal-making pits excavated at the multi-period site in Laughanstown.
Charcoal from the feature should provide a date for the site.
Brehon House, Kilkenny Road, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
