County: Tipperary Site name: RAHEEN (Sites 92.1–2)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A035/000, E2295
Author: Bernice Molloy, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 602426m, N 624223m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.369569, -7.964371
These sites were initially identified during test excavation carried out in August 2005 along the N8 Cashel to Mitchelstown road improvement scheme. The sites were subsequently excavated between 13 and 24 April 2006. Site 92.1 was identified in testing as a possible site, but upon further investigation the features were deemed agricultural in origin. Site 92.2 consisted of a burnt mound, measuring 8m (north–south) by 8.5m, which sealed a trough and a number of pits and post-holes. A narrow recess was evident along the northern edge of the cut along the base, which could indicate that the trough was wood-lined. No artefacts were found during the course of the excavation.
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