County: Kildare Site name: Drinnanstown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: 04E1309
Author: Eoghan Kieran, Moore Archaeological and Environmental Services, Corporate House, Ballybrit Business Park, Galway.
Site type: Cremation burial pit
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 670862m, N 719605m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.222125, -6.938850
Monitoring was undertaken on the site of a proposed gravel-extraction pit associated with a nearby quarry. Monitoring revealed the presence of three anomalous pit features, all of which were excavated. Two of the pits were deemed not to be of archaeological significance, as they were very shallow and contained a homogenous fill in which was found some modern material. The third feature was a single cremation burial pit. It was fully excavated and is now awaiting analysis.
