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Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd (IAC), funded by the National Roads Authority (NRA) through Kilkenny County Council, undertook an excavation at the site of AR121, Kellymount 6 along the proposed N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme, Phase 4 – Knocktopher to Powerstown (Figure 1). The following report describes the results of archaeological excavation at that site. The area was fully excavated by Przemyslaw Wierzbicki under Ministerial Direction A032 and Excavation Registration Number E3758 issued by the DOEHLG in consultation with the National Museum of Ireland for IAC. The fieldwork took place between the 24 and 31 October and 12–19 December 2007. The excavation identified Burnt Mound type activity in four separate cuttings in two separate fields - A1, A2, A3 and B1. The earliest activity consisted of pits filled with burnt mound deposits in cutting A1. No definitive burnt mound spread was found in association with these pits. Cutting A2 produced a small spread of burnt mound material and a number of tree boles but no other features were recorded. Cutting A3 consisted of a single pit filled with burnt mound deposits and a number of tree boles. In cutting B1 a sub-rectangular trough was recorded with a series of small stakeholes located around the perimeter of the base. It is likely that these stakeholes supported a timber lining for the trough, although no surviving lining was identified during the excavation. A small pit and two spreads of burnt mound deposit were associated with the trough. A single large tree bole was also identified. A total of 2 samples were sent for AMS radiocarbon dating. The results of the analysis dated ash charcoal from the fill C23 of a pit from Cutting A1. The 2 sigma calibrated date was 2273–2038BC (UBA 14037). The results of the analysis also dated ash charcoal from the fill C47 of a trough from Cutting B1. The 2 sigma calibrated date was 1187–941BC (UBA 14038). Kellymount 6 is an important site locally in terms of our understanding of the wider Bronze Age landscape. Along with other excavated sites from the N9/N10 Phase 4 it represents further evidence of prehistoric activity in the immediate area. This activity has been interpreted as tree clearance and burnt mound type activity dated to the early Bronze Age with further burnt mound activity in the late Bronze Age. The site is located in a typical burnt mound marginal landscape with many other burnt mounds excavated in the area as part of the road scheme. However, the evidence from the site may suggest that the environment was drier in the early Bronze Age as the burnt mound activity centres on pits or pot boilers with a noticeable lack of troughs. The clearance activity may in part be responsible for a wetter landscape by the late Bronze Age and the activity on site from this period consists of a burnt mound with associated timber lined trough beside a natural pool. In this regard the site also provides an interesting insight into the variety of site types and features associated with burnt mounds and hot-stone technology. The presence of the tree boles potentially provides evidence of forest clearance in the Bronze Age.