County: Kildare Site name: KILGOWAN 5
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E004390
Author: Tim Coughlan
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 683532m, N 705040m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.089410, -6.752977
Kilgowan 5 was discovered during testing by James Kyle (above, No. 359; E4373) undertaken within the footprint of the M9 Kilcullen Service Area in May and June 2011. The site was excavated, on behalf of the National Roads Authority, in July 2011.
Kilgowan 5 comprised a burnt mound made up of heat-shattered stone and charcoal-rich soil. The site was largely levelled through ploughing. The burnt mound measured 15.75m x 15.5m x 0.41m and sealed four earth-cut troughs, four pits and a small number of stake-holes.
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