County: Kilkenny Site name: AR107, Brickana
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A032/138; E3894
Author: Richard Jennings, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Wicklow.
Site type: Pits
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 660472m, N 655255m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.645131, -7.106408
This site was located within the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme along Contract 2, Phase 4B, Knocktopher to Powerstown on a gentle rise and has a south-westerly aspect. The site represented the possible remains of a prehistoric campsite. From the site it is possible to see much of the surrounding land as well as the North Kilkenny Mountains, Mount Leinster to the east and Slievenamon in the distance to the south. The site consisted of a fire pit with an upper deposit of ash, charcoal and burnt bone and a lower deposit of oxidised sandy silts and heated stones. A short slot-trench (0.48m by 0.22m by 0.22m) and five small pits of uncertain function were excavated in a 5m area to the north-east of the fire pit and may have been used to form a temporary windbreak. No finds were recovered from the features.
