County: Carlow Site name: CLONMELSH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E002609
Author: Linda Hegarty, Headland Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 671317m, N 670174m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.777879, -6.942949
The site was excavated as part of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford scheme: Kilcullen to Powerstown. It was situated in the townland of Clonmelsh, at the foot of the eastern side of the Carlow–Waterford railway line embankment, in a relatively flat field at the base of a gentle south-facing slope. An east–west field boundary with an associated stream was situated north of the site.
Excavation revealed a spread of burnt-mound material on the western side of the site that had been disturbed by a later shallow ditch associated with the construction of the railway embankment. The spread measured 6m by 4.6m and was 0.15m deep. No features associated with fulachta fiadh activity, such as a trough, were located on site.
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