County: Waterford Site name: Greenan
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 06E0280
Author: Tom Janes, Headland Archaeology Ltd, Unit 1, Wallingstown Business Park, Little Island, Cork.
Site type: Burnt spread and trough
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 644721m, N 607031m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.213228, -7.345588
Excavation was conducted in advance of the East Waterford water pipeline construction from Ballyshonock reservoir to the River Mahon. Testing in 2006 under licence 06E0163 (see No. 2002 below) identified a burnt spread. Excavation revealed a 17m-diameter spread that continued beyond the pipeline corridor. It had an average depth of 0.2m and a maximum depth of 0.35m and contained ferrous material, possibly natural mineral panning. A possible streambed had filled with burnt-mound material. Six post-holes were interpreted as representing a shelter or windbreak. A wood-lined trough, 2.8m by 2m in width and 0.6m deep, was discovered below the burnt mound. A possible gold flake was discovered in the basal fill of the trough above the timbers lining the base. Eight stake-holes and two post-holes were associated with the trough.
