County: Carlow Site name: AR140, Coolnakisha
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A032/129; E3767
Author: Ellen O’Carroll, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Wicklow.
Site type: Possible cremation pits
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 668241m, N 667599m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.755142, -6.989060
This site was located within the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme along Contract 2, Phase 4B, Knocktopher to Powerstown. A complex of eighteen pits (averaging 0.55m by 0.29m by 0.11m; ranging 0.21–1.14m by 0.15–1.1m by 0.7–0.19m) was identified. Five of these pits contained occasional fragments of burnt bone and may represent token cremation pits. It is not yet known if the bone is animal or human. Charcoal and stones, including burnt stones, were found in the majority of the pit fills.
