2012:344 - COTTERELLSRATH (Site 4-5), Kilkenny
County: Kilkenny
Site name: COTTERELLSRATH (Site 4-5)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 12E0338
Author: Aisling Mulcahy, TVAS (IRELAND) LTD
Site type: Pit and Structure
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 649612m, N 646568m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.568154, -7.268179
Site 4-5 Cotterellsrath was discovered during monitoring of topsoil stripping for the Bord Gáis Networks Gas to Great Island scheme (Excavations 2012, No. 334, 12E0356). Eight pits and a post-hole were excavated.
Six of the pits formed a U-shaped arc measuring 8m by 5m and could potentially represent structural remains. Two additional pits and a post-hole were located outside the main cluster. The pits were generally sub-circular or oval and varied in size from 0.28m by 0.26m to 0.6m by 0.6m. Burnt bone was recovered from two of the pits.