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'Site 8', Loughlion, on the line of the Kildare town bypass, was excavated (Thaddeus C. Breen, Licence No. 01E0846: www.excavations.ie) and found to comprise three pits containing charcoal-rich soil with burnt stones, and a few other features. The pits containing burnt mound material were as follows: Feature 8 was an oval pit, 2m by 1.6m and 0.43m deep. It was flat-bottomed, with two stake-holes in the base. Feature 10, immediately to the east of Feature 8, was shallow and subrectangular, measuring 1.9m by 0.87m with an average depth of 0.15m. Feature 16 was oval, 0.6m by 0.55m and 0.4 deep. It lay 3.5m to the south of Feature 8. Four metres to the north-east of Features 8 and 10 were six post-holes or possible post-holes which may have formed part of a small square or rectangular structure. An oval pit (KD022-109----) was found 66m to the east.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 23 November 2011
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