County: Limerick Site name: BGN Ballykeeffe 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: 14E0253
Author: Fintan Walsh
Site type: Burnt mound and charcoal-production kiln
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 554620m, N 654915m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.643541, -8.670545
This site was discovered during monitoring along the route of the Bord Gáis Networks Mungret to Inchmore Gas Pipeline, Co. Limerick. The excavation lasted for 2–3 weeks and was complete on 14 July 2014.
BGN Ballykeeffe 1 was an extensive burnt mound with two large troughs and a large burnt mound deposit. A charcoal-production kiln was also identified adjacent to the burnt mound. The troughs contained well-preserved animal bone. Only a portion of this burnt mound was extant within the wayleave of the pipeline route and a portion survives in situ outside the wayleave.
Post-excavation works and the final report are due to be completed for this site in early 2016.
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