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, 8 Dungar Terrace, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: —
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.
