GRANGE 3
| Site Name/ Townland | Site Number | Description | Basic Interpretation | Provisional dating |
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| Grange 3 | 4-05 | Pits and postholes | Occupation activity | Prehistoric |
A prehistoric settlement with outlying cremations was uncovered during excavations conducted by Amanda Kelly (Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd) at Grange. The site was initially identified as a series of pits and postholes during archaeological testing by Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd in 2004. Geophysical survey undertaken by Target Archaeological Geophysics in August 2006 revealed that these features formed a small ring.
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| Archaeologists excavating one of the two circular houses uncovered at Grange. |
Full excavation has since shown that the small ring identified by the geophysical survey is one of two circular houses of a type generally attributed to the Middle Bronze Age, with cobbled work surfaces outside the structures.
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| Site plan showing the main features at Grange. |
The activities associated with these cobbled surfaces seem to be relatively distinctive, and perhaps specialised - one stone spread yielded a concentration of worked chert, a second surface exclusively yielded worked flint, while an in-situ quern stone was located in a third stone spread. Finds from the excavation include Bronze Age pottery, a reworked stone adze, a grinding stone, a saddle quern and a stone pendant.
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| Stone adze | Saddle quern and grinding stone | |
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| Stone pendant |
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Interim Report
Please click on the link to access the interim archaeological report for Grange 3
| Interim Report of Grange 3 | 19.5MB |
