2014:378 - KILL HILL (Windfarm Site 15), Tipperary

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Tipperary

Site name: KILL HILL (Windfarm Site 15)

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A

Licence number: 14E0177

Author: Sean Shanahan

Author/Organisation Address: 39A Hebron Business Park, Kilkenny

Site type: Pit

Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)

ITM: E 615227m, N 643175m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.539710, -7.775532

These two pits were exposed during monitoring of the construction of a windfarm. They were excavated and found to be charcoal-rich waste pits. Hazel charcoal was removed from a secure context and dated to 1375-1304 BC (OxCal 13 95.4%).