County: Kilkenny Site name: AR069, Rathduff Upper
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A032/081; E3612
Author: Ed Lyne, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Wicklow.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 651222m, N 642205m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.528797, -7.245099
This site was located within the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme along Contract 2, Phase 4, Knocktopher to Powerstown. It was situated on low ground by, and in alignment with, a river. The river was prone to flooding and changing its route; the burnt mound was silted over by sediments originating from different phases of river activity. An elongated, shallow pit lay underneath the burnt mound and was filled with burnt-mound material and contained pieces of decayed wood.
