Excavation

Situated towards the top of a SE-facing slope. First identified in archaeological monitoring (03E1064) of the re-alignment of a gas-pipeline (Dempsey 2006) and later fully excavated (03E1325) as Adamstown 4 (Russell 2006j). A pit (dims. 1.5m x 1m; D 0.12) was lined with fire-redenned stones, from which a stone anvil or hammer-stone was recovered. A C14 date of cal. 1380-920 was obtained from this fill. A smaller pit (dims. 0.7m a 0.65m; D 0.5m) and a cluster of stakeholes is nearby. (Russell and Ginn 2009b, 8-9; 2011e) Dempsey, J. (2006) Adamstown and Ballyduff East. Pits, kilns and furrows. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 492, No. 1853. Wordwell. Bray. Russell, I. (2006j) Adamstown 4. Pits. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 492, No. 1856. Wordwell. Bray. Russell, I. and Ginn (2009b) N25 Waterford By-pass. Contract 1. Final report on the archaeological excavation of Adamstown 1. Unpublished report. DOHLG. Archaeological Consultancy Services. Russell, I. and V. Ginn (2011e) Adamstown 4, Co. Waterford. in J. Eogan and E. Shee-Twohig (2011) Cois tSiúire – nine thousand years of human activity in the lower Suir valley. Archaeological excavations on the N25 Waterford city bypass, vol. 2, 9-10. NRA road scheme: Monograph 8, Dublin Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 May 2011