County: Kilkenny Site name: AR081, Croan
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A032/069; E3543
Author: Emma Devine, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Wicklow.
Site type: Hearth and scatter of post-/stake-holes
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 652219m, N 647377m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.575184, -7.229596
This site was located within the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme along Contract 2, Phase 4, Knocktopher to Powerstown, in the middle of a cornfield on a gentle north-east-facing slope. An area 15m by 15m was stripped of topsoil and seven features were located. They comprised a hearth (0.7m by 0.7m by 0.15m deep) with six shallow post-/stake-holes surrounding it; no discernible pattern was evident. They may represent the remains of a small structure or shelter. No finds or definitive dating evidence was recovered from any of the features but they are likely to be prehistoric in date.
