2006:2169 - CLOGHOGE, Wicklow

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Wicklow Site name: CLOGHOGE

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A022/081, E3225

Author: Ellen O’Carroll, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.

Site type: Burnt mound

Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)

ITM: E 727864m, N 683466m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.886853, -6.100007

This excavation was undertaken on behalf of Wicklow County Council and the National Roads Authority in advance of the construction of the N11 Rathnew to Arklow road improvement motorway scheme.

The was site comprised of the eastern edge of a burnt-mound spread measuring 2.5m by 2.5m and 0.15m in depth. The full extent and main portion of the burnt mound could be seen clearly over the road-take in the adjoining western field. Three flint flakes and one flint core were uncovered in the topsoil. The site is most likely to be dated to the Bronze Age and is consistent with and similar in size and form to other burnt spreads excavated along the road-take.

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