2003:2314 - LIXNAW, Kerry

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Kerry Site name: LIXNAW

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E1643

Author: Frank Coyne, Aegis Archaeology Ltd.

Site type: Pit and Burnt spread

Period/Dating: Undetermined

ITM: E 490109m, N 629505m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.406017, -9.615084

Monitoring of groundworks was carried out in advance of the construction of a housing development. The development area is located in the vicinity of the zone of archaeological potential for SMR 16:12, a ringfort. A single isolated circular feature with in situ burning was uncovered at the southern bounds of the site, while three pits with fills of fire-cracked stone and a nearby spread of burnt stone were uncovered on the western side of the site.

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