What is recorded here

Fire and postholes marked a forgotten threshold beside the N22 when the road was realigned. The excavation removed what remained, but the place still holds the shape of human presence: a pit, a burnt edge, a line of travel. Kerry keeps its ordinary wonders in these small losses.

Excavation by Michael Connolly in 2001 under licence no. 01E1207 was summarised as follows; 'This excavation of five isolated deposits/features noted during licensed monitoring of topsoil-stripping of a farm access road was associated with the realignment of the N22 between Bealagrellagh and Gortatlea, Co. Kerry. The five deposits were in a small area and included the fill of a truncated post-hole of unknown date, the ashes from a modern coal fire and a deposit of fire-shattered stone, charcoal and black soil, filling a small shallow pit of unknown date. Nothing else of significance was noted during the excavations' (Connolly 2003, 170; www.excavations.ie 2001:573). The record for this monument has been assessed in relation to its proposed inclusion in the revised statutory Record of Monuments and Places (RMP). The evidence indicates that the monument has been totally removed (both above- and below-ground archaeology). In consequence, it will not be included in the revised RMP. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 June 2022

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