2013:560 - Ballynaslee 2, Kilkenny

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Kilkenny Site name: Ballynaslee 2

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 13E0117

Author: Aidan O'Connell

Site type: Trough

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 642617m, N 675048m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.824707, -7.367666

Ballynaslee 2 was identified during testing (12E0342, by James Eogan) of the proposed N77 Ballynaslee Road Realignment Scheme. The site comprised a single pit (1.84m x 1m x 0.2m) filled with burnt mound material. Environmental samples produced hazel, alder and pomaideae charcoal. A sample of charcoal (alder) returned a date of 2030-1780 BC (SUERC-49223, 3574± 30 BP), placing it in an Early Bronze Age context.

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