County: Kilkenny Site name: AR062, Danganbeg
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A032/097; E3677
Author: Ed Lyne, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Wicklow.
Site type: Burnt-mound activity
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 651362m, N 639465m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.504155, -7.243460
This site was located within the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme along Contract 2, Phase 4, Knocktopher to Powerstown. An area c. 35m by 35m was stripped to reveal several pits, possible post- and stake-holes in an area of low-lying pasture with a gentle hillside rising up to the east and west. The largest of the pits on site (3.5m by 3.5m by 0.9m) contained a silty fill with charcoal inclusions. A possible trough (1.5m by 1.3m by 0.52m) was also identified and filled with heat-shattered stone and charcoal-rich soil. This may suggest that although no burnt mound or spread was found on site, hot-stone technology was used here. The other pits on site were generally filled with charcoal-rich silty clay, as were the possible post- and stake-holes. The possible post- and stake-holes did not form any pattern, and it is not thought that they represent any kind of formal arrangement. No finds were recovered from any of the features on site.
