County: Waterford Site name: Monamintra
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 07E0347
Author: Dane J. Lalonde, Ballinaparka, Aglish, Waterford.
Site type: Bronze Age cremation enclosure
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 662240m, N 606240m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.204420, -7.089404
Excavations revealed a unique and varied site, with use from at least the Early Bronze Age onwards. An enclosing ditch measuring c. 15m in diameter was excavated. Within the enclosing ditch three collared urn cremation burials and seven cremation burials were recovered. In addition to the burials, numerous cuts representing pits, post- and stake-holes were revealed. A feature with oxidisation and evidence of in situ burning may represent the remains of a pyre, a hearth, or an industrial activity. Six pieces of worked flint, 28 pieces of prehistoric pottery, two pieces of preserved wood and the stone lining from one of the cremation burial pits were recovered.
