County: Kildare Site name: Ballyburn Lower
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: E002563
Author: Liam Hackett, Headland Archaeology Ltd, Unit 1, Wallingstown Business Park, Little Island, Cork.
Site type: Fulacht fiadh
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 677338m, N 682146m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.884633, -6.850879
The site, a substantial subcircular burnt mound measuring 15m long (east–west) and 9m wide, was excavated as part of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford scheme: Kilcullen to Powerstown. The mound comprised heat-shattered sandstone and charcoal to a depth of c. 0.5m. A circular stone-filled trough was revealed beneath the mound; no lining was present. A small amount of disarticulated animal bone and cut timber were found in various locations under the mound, which was truncated by a modern field boundary on its southern edge. No finds were recovered from this excavation.
