Burnt mound in Neigham, County Kilkenny

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Located c. 30m NW of a moated site (KK024-027----). Archaeological monitoring (licence no. 04E0645) identified a burnt mound (dims. 12m N-S; min. 7m E-W) which survives as a truncated spread of heat-shattered stone and charcoal c. 0.25-0.3m beneath the sod (McLoughlin 2004, 4-5). Two pits are located c. 1-1.5m to the W of the burnt mound (ibid. 5). The fill of the larger pit (dims. 1.6m N-S; D 0.5m) had moderate inclusions of charcoal and burnt stone, while the smaller pit (dims. 1.2m N-S; D 0.4m), c. 5m to the N, had some stone and charcoal inclusions (ibid.). Another pit (dims. 1.3m N-S; 0.7m E-W) is located c. 2.8m N of the burnt mound spread (ibid.). The proximity of these pits to the burnt mound suggests they are likely to be associated with it.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK024-112

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