County: Tipperary Site name: 13LIS-057 and 13LIS-060 Killoran, Moyne
Sites and Monuments Record No.: various Licence number: 13E0389
Author: Tim Coughlan
Site type: Trackways
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 622110m, N 666843m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.752190, -7.672490
Following an assessment of the proposed impact of an extension to the existing 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.
Site 57 comprised of a longitudinal roundwood trackway running east-west towards burnt mound site 55.
Site 60 comprised of a north-south oriented brushwood trackway c. 7m from burnt mound site 55.
Preliminary dates from samples taken from the site returned a date of 763–430 BC (UBA 26557).
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