2004:0917 - NEIGHAM, Kilkenny

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Kilkenny Site name: NEIGHAM

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E0645

Author: Catherine McLoughlin, Stafford McLoughlin Archaeology

Site type: Burnt spread and Pit

Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)

ITM: E 662686m, N 651144m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.607933, -7.074470

Monitoring of groundworks was undertaken at this site. An extremely truncated 12m-long spread of heat-shattered stone and charcoal was uncovered, with three subcircular pits situated away from the main spread. The features were preserved in situ beneath the driveway of this single private dwelling.

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