County: Kilkenny Site name: AR091, Kilree
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A032/107; E3728
Author: Patricia Lynch, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Wicklow.
Site type: Settlement activity, cremation pit
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 654026m, N 649354m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.592780, -7.202608
This site was located within the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme along Contract 2, Phase 4B, Knocktopher to Powerstown, in a flat field with general views of the surrounding areas. A modern limestone quarry was located to the north-east of the site. An area 23.5m by 30m was stripped and a large, subrectangular pit (1.46m length by 1.1m width) with a charcoal-rich fill with four stake-holes and a post-hole in its base was revealed. A possible circular hearth (0.55m diameter by 0.12m depth) with an oxidised base was located c. 10.5m to the south-east of this pit. A second hearth (0.88m by 0.72m by 0.11m) containing charcoal and heat-shattered stone also had an oxidised base. A possible cremation pit (0.4m by 0.62m by 0.38m) was covered with a saddle quernstone which was lying face down on the pit; the association between the stone and the pit is unknown.
