2013:251 - MOYNE: 13LIS-0015, Killoran, Tipperary
County: Tipperary
Site name: MOYNE: 13LIS-0015, Killoran
Sites and Monuments Record No.: various
Licence number: 13E0187
Author: Tim Coughlan, IAC Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Unit G1, Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 622151m, N 666796m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.751770, -7.671880
Following an assessment of the proposed impact of an extension to the Tailings Management Facility (TMF) in Lisheen Mine, 16 archaeological sightings were recorded in June 2013 (see 13E059). A programme of excavation was carried out between July and September 2013 which resulted in the excavation of these 16 sites and a further 28 sites which were identified during the course of excavation.
Removal of heat-shattered stone, mixed with loose peat and occasional wood elements, concluded that this constituted the previously resolved burnt mound site excavated by Margaret Gowen Ltd in 1996–7 (Killoran 253 (RMP TN036-050071)).