County: Tipperary Site name: Annaholty
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E002312
Author: Liam McKinstry, Headland Archaeology Ltd, Unit 25, Liosbaun Industrial Estate, Galway.
Site type: Burnt-stone pits
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 569222m, N 664806m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.733463, -8.455714
Archaeological investigations in advance of the N7 Nenagh to Limerick road project took place between 16 and 25 January 2007 at Annaholty. Excavations revealed a small cluster of archaeological features. These features included one large subrectangular pit (C13) and two smaller subrectangular pits (C4 and C7). These pits were orientated in a line on an approximate north-west/south-east axis, and contained burnt stone and some charcoal. Between C4 and C7 was a spread of burnt stone and charcoal. C4 measured 0.92m by 0.87m and had a depth of 0.22m. C7 measured 0.42m by 0.26m and had a depth of 0.14m. C13 contained similar fills but also a layer of charcoal at the base. The pit measured 1.65m by 1.6m and had a depth of 0.48m. The natural into which this pit was cut also showed signs of burning around the sides and part of the base. This may suggest the pit served as a type of hearth, with the other pits being smaller cooking pits. No finds were retrieved from this site.
