County: Tipperary Site name: CURRAGHGRAIGUE UPPER
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E0245
Author: Frank Coyne, Aegis Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: Flat cemetery
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 593252m, N 671740m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.796621, -8.100059
Excavation of a number of features identified during monitoring by Tracy Collins (03E1398) was undertaken at Curraghgraigue Upper in advance of the construction of three wind turbines and ancillary works. A number of ringforts are present in the area surrounding the current development, while Knockadiggeen hillfort is also visible from the site. Eight pits and a stake-hole were excavated in Pad 1, while five other similar features were excavated along the trackway leading from Pad 1 to Pad 2 ('Pad' relates to the individual locations of the three wind turbines). The pits in Pad 1 varied from sub-oval to subcircular in plan. The largest measured 1.3m in length by 0.8m, while the smallest measured 0.5m in diameter. Cremated bone was recovered from a single pit, while coarse prehistoric pottery was recovered on the surface between two other pits. Other pits had evidence of in situ burning. It is possible that these features also had a ritual function. Five pits were excavated in the trackway leading from Pads 1 and 2. These pits were generally circular in plan and varied between 0.2m and 0.4m in diameter. Flecks of cremated bone were recovered from four of the pits.
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