County: Wicklow Site name: SCRATENAGH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A022/022, E3207
Author: Goorik Dehaene, for Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.
Site type: Burnt mound/Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 727682m, N 679872m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.854620, -6.104118
This burnt mound/fulacht fiadh was in Scratenagh, c. 7km north-east of Arklow town in Co. Wicklow. The archaeological investigation was undertaken on behalf of the National Roads Authority on the route of the N11 Rathnew to Arklow road improvement scheme. The site was in low-lying land, c. 30m west of the Redcross River and c. 125m east of Scratenagh crossroads. The site was c. 350m south-west of WI036–021, a tumulus. The excavation was undertaken in June and July 2006.
This site consisted of the remains of a burnt mound and comprised a burnt spread and a trough. The recorded site is contained within a small (15m by 15m) raised clay area above the immediate topography, comprising alluvial gravels and sands.
The burnt spread comprised an irregular layer (c. 11.5m north–south by c. 7.5m by c. 0.45m) of burnt-mound material. The trough was to the east of the burnt-mound material and comprised a subrectangular feature (3.3m north–south by 1.8m by 0.2m). The trough contained a single burnt-spread material fill.
Coolroe, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow
