2006:990 - AR048, Ballygeardra and Sheepstown, Kilkenny

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Kilkenny Site name: AR048, Ballygeardra and Sheepstown

Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: A032/26.48, E3017

Author: John Channing, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd, Brehon House, Kilkenny Road, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny.

Site type: Bronze Age burnt-stone deposit

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 651097m, N 656151m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.654145, -7.244788

Archaeological excavations were conducted in advance of the N9/N10 Waterford to Powerstown realignment in July–August 2006. Excavations uncovered the remnants of a burnt-stone deposit against an existing boundary. There were no associated features.