County: Louth Site name: Kilcurry
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 10E0018
Author: Rob Lynch, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120b Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Burnt-mound activity
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 702851m, N 811534m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.042715, -6.429616
Monitoring was untaken along the path of a distribution road to a small proposed housing estate within the townland of Kilcurry, Dundalk, Co. Louth. Monitoring of topsoil-stripping revealed one area of archaeological potential consisting of part of a burnt-mound spread. This area was subsequently excavated during February 2010. Excavation revealed four shallow pits along with a shallow layer of burnt-mound material within the wayleave of the distribution road. The features are thought to represent the truncated remains of a Bronze Age burnt mound. Further monitoring will be carried out on the project.
