County: Carlow Site name: AR135, Bannagagole
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A032/158; E3837
Author: Sinéad Phelan, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 666792m, N 663300m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.716689, -7.011407
This site was located within the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme along Contract 2, Phase 4B, Knocktopher to Powerstown, and was identified as a burnt mound during testing. An area 13m by 10m (east–west) was stripped of topsoil and one trough measuring 1.5m by 1.2m (east–west) with a depth of 0.28m was recorded under the burnt-mound material (charcoal, burnt clay and heat-shattered sandstone, with a maximum depth of 0.4m). The burnt material from the trough was sampled and the results of the radiocarbon dating and environmental analysis will be submitted with the final archaeological report.
120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Wicklow
