2006:1047 - KILKEASY (AR040), Kilkenny

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Kilkenny Site name: KILKEASY (AR040)

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A032/24–40, E2513

Author: John Channing, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.

Site type: Enclosure, Metalworking site and Cremation pit

Period/Dating: Multi-period

ITM: E 653388m, N 629256m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.412209, -7.215247

Archaeological excavations were conducted in advance of the N9/N10 Waterford to Powerstown realignment in August–October 2006. Excavations revealed a rock-cut enclosure ditch that extended outside the excavation area. The feature is reflected in the existing field pattern and has been traced with geophysical survey. Several mixed-use pits, a small metalworking area and a single possible cremation pit were identified outside the enclosure.

Brehon House, Kilkenny Road, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny