County: Tipperary Site name: COOLKIP (Site AR30)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E002373
Author: David McCullough and Leigh Barker, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: Burnt spread and Pit
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 617991m, N 656370m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.658223, -7.734064
Excavation of this site was undertaken in July and August 2006 in advance of the proposed M8/N8 Cullahill to Cashel road improvement scheme. The site lies in pastureland, 150m to south-east of a ruined tower-house (TI042–013(05)). Prior assessment and centreline test-trenching was carried out in 2005 (Excavations 2005, No. 1388, A027/011). This revealed a shallow deposit of burnt material (1m by 0.8m and 0.2m in depth) and a shallow pit (1.5m by 0.6m by 0.17m in depth), which contained burnt stones. Both features were fully resolved at this time. Excavations were carried out in July 2006 but no further features of archaeological interest were revealed.
Brehon House, Kilkenny Road, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
