2007:1806 - BAWNFUNE (6), Waterford
County: Waterford
Site name: BAWNFUNE (6)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: A037; E3442
Author: Robert O’Hara, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 655171m, N 609923m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.238277, -7.192219
This site was excavated as part of the pre-construction archaeological mitigation of the N25 Waterford bypass, alternative route. Bawnfune 6 consisted of a shallow, disturbed spread of burnt stone and charcoal (5m by 4m by 0.05m), associated with a large pit (2m by 0.6m min. by 0.68m) that extended beyond the road-take, three smaller pits and six shallow stake-holes. Post-excavation is still ongoing and radiocarbon dates were not available at the time of submission. A Bronze Age date is expected.