County: Kerry Site name: Clogher
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 13E198
Author: Michael Connolly
Site type: TESTING – burnt mound and spread
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 489235m, N 629610m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.406785, -9.627959
Pre-development testing took place of a 16-acre site on the western side of the village of Lixnaw proposed as the location for an Integrated Constructed Wetland. Two archaeological features were uncovered during the testing: a spread of heat-shattered stone embedded in a silty marl at a depth of 1m beneath a water-logged peat located at ITM 0489235 0629610 and a burnt mound located around 62m to the south at ITM 0489296 0629579 again beneath a substantial layer of peat. Given the low impact of the proposed development and the scale of the site it is suggested both features can be preserved in situ through design.
Kerry County Council, Áras an Contae, Rathass, Tralee, Co. Kerry
