County: Wicklow Site name: Tinahask Upper and Money Little
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 24E1108
Author: Yvonne Whitty
Site type: Burnt mound spreads
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 724073m, N 672044m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.785135, -6.160650
An impact assessment was carried out for a Large Scale Residential Masterplan for a proposed development at Tinahask Upper and Money Little and Money Big, Arklow, Co. Wicklow. The development is in a rural setting 1.3km south of Arklow town with commanding views over the Irish Sea to the east. The landscape is undulating and under pasture. A small housing development, Oakwood Court, bounds the site to the north, the Dublin-Wexford railway to the west and agricultural fields to the east. In the wider landscape Arklow Links is visible to the east and Arklow Rock and Roadstone quarry is to the southeast.
As part of a pre-planning assessment a geophysical survey was completed under Licence 23R0020 by Dr Ger Dowling. The survey did not reveal features of clear archaeological significance, however three discrete spreads of possible burnt materials/soils were identified.
Test trenching confirmed two spreads of burnt mound material which were identified in Trenches 1 and 5; the third possible burnt mound which was identified in the geophysical survey was geological in origin and iron panning was visible in the soil at its tentative location.
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