County: Kildare Site name: BURTOWN BIG
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E002992
Author: Lydia Cagney, Headland Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 675104m, N 694546m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.996368, -6.881201
Excavations were carried out as part of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford scheme, Phase 3: Kilcullen to Carlow. A shallow, segmented linear ditch and a cluster of possible prehistoric pits were identified during testing. A number of fragments of possible Bronze Age pottery sherds and some fragments of cremated bone were retrieved from one of the pits. It is possible that these features represent a combination of occupation, funerary or structural remains. However, further environmental analysis will facilitate a more conclusive interpretation.
Unit 1, Wallingstown Business Park, Little Island, Cork
