County: Antrim Site name: SITE AR027, GARRANDARRAGH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A032; E3003
Author: John Lehane, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd, Brehon House, Kilkenny Road, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny.
Site type: Land improvement and clearance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 656833m, N 624698m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.370897, -7.165399
An excavation took place during June 2006 in advance of the construction of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road improvement scheme. Prior assessment (Valerie J. Keeley Ltd, 2005) and centreline test-trenching was carried out by Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd in 2006. The remnants of a single furrow traversed the site in a north–south direction. It was 7.5m long and had been truncated at both ends. Eight potential archaeological features were investigated across the site, none of which were archaeologically significant. The circular and oval features were not regularly placed and appear to have been filled with loosely compacted, slightly silty topsoil. The features have all been identified as stone pulls associated with post-medieval land improvements and were therefore non-archaeological.
Editor’s note: This summary did not arrive in time for inclusion in the bulletin of 2006.
