County: Limerick Site name: BRACKBAUN (Site 4705)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A035/000, E2306
Author: Bernice Molloy, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 588337m, N 616700m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.301830, -8.171002
This site was identified during Phase II test excavation of the N8 Cashel to Mitchelstown road improvement scheme carried out by Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd in May 2006. The site was subsequently excavated between 24 June and 4 July 2006. It consisted of a burnt mound, whose area measured 17.5m (north–south) by 12m, located on the northern bank of a stream. The burnt mound sealed a trough, which had traces of a stone lining, concentrated mainly along the edges. This site was located 150m downstream of Site 4602A2 (see No. 1244, Excavations 2006), a burnt mound, and 600m downslope from Site 47001A, a ring-ditch site (see No. 1282, Excavations 2006, E2341).
27 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
