Early Holocene deposit beneath Abbey Street, Kilkenny city

Hegarty, Susan ORCID: 0000-0003-0214-9610 (2010) Early Holocene deposit beneath Abbey Street, Kilkenny city. Old Kilkenny Review, 62 . pp. 29-35. ISSN 0332-0774

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Abstract

This paper examines a peat deposit found beneath Kilkenny city, located on the edge of the flood plain of the River Bregagh. Radiocarbon dates and a preliminary pollen analysis of the peat indicate that this deposit was formed approximately 9000 years ago, in an environment of open grassland. The paper ends with a brief summary of the landscape evolution of this part of Kilkenny city from the end of the last glaciation.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Geography; Geology; archaeology; Kilkenny
Subjects:UNSPECIFIED
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of History and Geography
Publisher:Kilkenny Archaeological Society
Copyright Information:© 2010 Kilkenny Archaeological Society.
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:21515
Deposited On:09 Dec 2016 15:47 by Thomas Murtagh . Last Modified 07 Jan 2019 16:17

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