What is recorded here
Kilmainham holds Structure 5, the earliest dated Neolithic site from that excavation, marking a time when farming first reshaped the Irish landscape. Its postholes form an unclear cluster beside a known house, while charcoal preserved inside them records the moment oak was felled. The missing hearth and artefacts do not diminish it; they with hold back an answer the ground has not yet given.
A single roundwood exposed on the field surface. The roundwood measured 1.4m long and 0.09m in diameter and was aligned north - south. It lay within the raised bog peats and there was no other wood visible in the immediate vicinity. The wood was badly damaged by milling and was not sampled. (Bermingham 2014)
Compiled by: David O’Connor
Date of upload: 21 November 2014
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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