2003:950 - LUGHIL (Site N), Kildare

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Kildare Site name: LUGHIL (Site N)

Sites and Monuments Record No.: KD026-026---- Licence number: 03E0634

Author: John Channing, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.

Site type: Habitation site

Period/Dating: Undetermined

ITM: E 663142m, N 707606m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.115270, -7.056811

Excavation took place prior to road construction on the M7 Heath–Mayfield Motorway Scheme. Located at Lughil townland, the site comprised two separate areas of activity initially identified during centre-line testing by Brendán Ó Ríordáin (No. 912, Excavations 2003, 03E0127). Excavations uncovered hearth activities with associated post-holes and disturbed subsoil.

Brehon House, Kilkenny Road, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny