County: Galway Site name: Killarainy 4
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: E4578
Author: Shane Delaney
Site type: Charcoal-production kilns and burnt mound
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 521162m, N 733338m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.344390, -9.183960
Killarainy 4 was excavated (under Ministerial Directions A067), in advance of construction of the N59 Moycullen Bypass, Co. Galway. The site was discovered during advance testing undertaken in 2014 by IAC Ltd (E4512).
Killarainy 4 was composed of a very truncated and disturbed early Bronze Age burnt mound and two medieval charcoal-production kilns/clamps.
IAC Ltd, Unit G1, Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
