County: Carlow Site name: CLONMELSH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A021/051
Author: Joanne Hughes, Headland Archaeology Ltd, Unit 4b, Europa Enterprise Park, Midleton, Co. Cork.
Site type: Burnt-mound material
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 671319m, N 670171m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.777852, -6.942920
On the opposite side of the railway line to A021/050 (see No. 91 above), an area containing a thin spread of burnt-mound-type material was identified during Contract 3 testing on the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme, although no mound or trough was found. It is assumed that the source of this material lies outside the limits of the test-trenches and that the identified scatter of material is a result of ploughing in the area. A larger area will be investigated around this material as part of the resolution phase of works on this scheme.
