County: Galway Site name: Killarainy 2
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: E4576
Author: Shane Delaney
Site type: Charcoal-production kiln/clamp
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 521007m, N 733353m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.344500, -9.186290
Killarainy 2 was excavated (under Ministerial Directions A067), in advance of the N59 Moycullen Bypass, Co. Galway. The site was discovered during advance testing undertaken in 2014 by IAC Ltd (E4512).
Killarainy 2 was the remains of a charcoal-production kiln/clamp. Post-excavation analysis revealed that the timber reduced to charcoal in the charcoal-production kiln/clamp was oak. Coppiced oak woods may have been present and sourced for charcoal production in the immediate Killarainy area. A sample of oak charcoal returned a calibrated AMS result of AD 784–990, indicating a date in the early medieval period for this charcoal-production kiln/clamp.
IAC Ltd, Unit G1, Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
