Archaeological Excavations N69 Listowel Bypass

This video from the N69 Listowel Bypass Scheme in County Kerry presents an overview of the Stage (iii) Excavations undertaken for the project. The sites excavated included: Bronze Age burnt mounds (also known as Fulachta Fiadh) at Coolnaleen Lower 1, Garryantanvally 1-3 and Garryantanvally 4; medieval charcoal-production pits at Coolnaleen Lower 2; possible Bronze Age cremation pits at Coolnaleen Lower 3 and Coolnaleen Upper 1; probable early medieval settlement activity associated with a nearby ringfort at Coolnaleen Lower 4; a number of large worked structural timbers of unknown date as well as the remains of a wooden stave-built vessel at Gortcurreen 1; and a nineteenth-century vernacular house at Curraghatoosane 1.
Finds from the excavations comprised stone tools including a stone axehead from Coolnaleen Lower 1 and an assemblage of post-medieval artefacts from the house site at Curraghatoosane 1.