County: Wicklow Site name: CHARLESLAND (Site GC1–3)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: WI013-081–3 Licence number: 03E0908
Author: Bernice Molloy, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Burnt mound and Burial
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 729682m, N 710441m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.128715, -6.062185
Three small individual sites were encompassed within the one site, due to their close proximity to one another.
GC1 was located c. 5m to the north of a land drain, towards the base of a low-lying hill. Very few archaeological features survived, as this site had been severely truncated by ploughing. A pit, post-hole and a linear feature were excavated. The fills consisted mainly of burnt stone and this site may be the truncated remains of a burnt mound.
GC2 was 80m north of GC1. It was located on a slightly raised area on otherwise low-lying land. A circular pit and a possible trough were identified on this site. Both features were filled with burnt stone. This site may be the truncated remains of a burnt mound.
GC3 was 40m to the north-east of GC2 and constituted an isolated spread. It consisted of a dark brownish-black sandy silt. Three fragments of pottery (yet to be identified) and several fragments of burnt bone were found during excavation.
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