County: Kilkenny Site name: SHANKILL (AR129)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A032/124; E3737
Author: Richard Jennings, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.
Site type: Pit
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 665988m, N 661183m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.697758, -7.023727
This site was located within the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme along Contract 2, Phase 4B, Knocktopher to Powerstown. A single rectangular pit (2m by 1m by 0.2m) was discovered with a thin layer of oxidised clay at the base. It was filled with a charcoal-rich deposit with some fresh organic material indicating that it is probably of recent origin.
120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Wicklow
