2014:381 - KILL HILL (Site 6), Tipperary
County: Tipperary
Site name: KILL HILL (Site 6)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 14E0169
Author: Sean Shanahan, Shanarc Archaeology Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 39A Hebron Business Park, Kilkenny
Site type: Pit
Period/Dating: Iron Age (800 BC-AD 339)
ITM: E 614704m, N 643402m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.541760, -7.783234
The broad shallow pit was exposed during monitoring of construction of a wind farm for Bord Gáis. The dimensions were 1.35m x 1.18m x 0.13m. The pit was excavated; no artefacts were present. The pit contained two contexts: the upper was compacted light brown silty clay with mottled orange and ash throughout, while the lower context contained friable charcoal-filled sand. Analysis of the charcoal retreived and identified burned hazel which led to a date range of 11 BC–88 AD (OxCal13 95.4%).