County: Tipperary Site name: 13LIS-048 Killoran, Moyne
Sites and Monuments Record No.: various Licence number: 13E0337
Author: Tim Coughlan
Site type: Trackway
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 622065m, N 666996m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.753570, -7.673140
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.
This site consisted of a trackway constructed of mainly roundwood and some brushwood oriented north-west/south-east, lying on a substructure. There were ten stakes (c.484) present at the western extent of the trackway and these probably held the structure in place. The trackway measured 17.6m in length, 2.5m in width and 0.2m in depth.
The substructure was constructed of mainly hazel brushwoods and a few small hazel roundwoods. A number of mainly hazel stakes were located at the western end of the trackway, ranging in length from 0.24-0.7m, from 20-50mm in diameter and were set at between 70-90 degrees in angle. The preserved worked ends were chisel points that ranged from 0.8-0.13m in length.
This site was fully resolved and no further archaeological mitigation is required.
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