County: Wicklow Site name: Scratenagh
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A022/025, E3210
Author: Goorik Dehaene, Coolroe, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow, for Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.
Site type: Pit
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 727718m, N 680133m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.856955, -6.103482
This site, a pit, was in Scratenagh, c. 7.25km 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 immediately south of the Redcross River and was c. 175m south-west of WI036–021, a tumulus. The excavation was undertaken in June and July 2006.
The recorded site is contained within an area 10m by 10m. The feature comprised a regular flat-based pit associated with burnt (or fire-reddened) clay. One copper-alloy artefact was recovered from the topsoil; this artefact was not provisionally recognisable.
