County: Kildare Site name: Belan
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E002963
Author: Red Tobin, RedArc Ltd, 35 Brook Meadow, Avoca, Co Wicklow.
Site type: Clearance activity
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 676884m, N 691948m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.972776, -6.855314
Centreline trenching (CRDS 2006) identified an oval patch of ash and a 1.5m-long linear deposit of burnt material. These were suggested to be a hearth and a burnt fence-line, perhaps for a windbreak. Excavation revealed that the oval patch of burnt material had no real substance, being less than 0.05m in depth. The linear deposit had no clear defined form, tending to meander across the area of the excavation varying in width and depth. The features appear more representative of clearance activity in advance of agriculture.
