County: Kildare Site name: BURTONHALL DEMESNE (Site 6)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A021/011
Author: Brendon Wilkins, Headland Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: Pit
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 678293m, N 680118m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.866267, -6.837183
This site was identified during testing of Area 1 of Archaeological Services Contract 3, N9/N10 Kilcullen–Waterford scheme: Kilcullen to Powerstown (A021/001). Area 1 ran from Prumplestown Lower to Russellstown townlands. Test-trenches totalling c. 19,000 linear metres were excavated within Area 1 and nine areas of archaeological significance were identified (Sites 1–10; A021/006–015, Excavations 2005, Nos 729–31, 733, 738–41 and 785–6).
Several small pits associated with chipped stone debitage and a spread of charcoal-rich material were excavated in this area. Although the position of these pits did not readily indicate structural traces, the prehistoric artefacts warranted full excavation.
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