County: Kilkenny Site name: UA4, Rathduff Bayley 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E004011
Author: Tim Coughlan, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Wicklow.
Site type: Burnt mounds
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 650944m, N 643610m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.541448, -7.248980
This site was located within the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme, Waterford to Powerstown Phase 4 – Knocktopher to Powerstown. The site consisted of a burnt mound situated on the southern bank of King’s River, at the base of a steep slope. The burnt mound covered an area 15m by 6m with a depth that varied between 0.2m and 0.8m and consisted of a black silty clay containing heat-fractured stones. It was heavily disturbed by tree roots and river sediments, deposited as a result of frequent flooding episodes. No finds were recovered and no other archaeological features including possible pits and troughs were identified.
