County: Carlow Site name: AR139, Coolnakisha
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A032/128; E3768
Author: Ellen O’Carroll, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Wicklow.
Site type: Possible structure
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 666703m, N 668524m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.763644, -7.011662
This site was located within the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme along Contract 2, Phase 4B, Knocktopher to Powerstown. Five post-holes (averaging 0.27m by 0.24m by 0.14m) were aligned in an equally spaced row. One of these contained the remains of a burnt post (0.07m by 0.07m by 0.08m). To the north-west of this post-hole alignment were various pits and possible post-holes, perhaps forming a parallel alignment, filled with silty clay. To the north-west again was another cluster of archaeological features including a possible cremation pit (0.39m by 0.36m by 0.13m) containing occasional charcoal and burnt-bone fragments in a silty sand matrix. To the north-east of this area of activity was a second possible cremation pit (0.94m by 0.74m by 0.23m).
