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Excavation

Excavation, miscellaneous

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Excavation is where more than one hundred and thirty-eight cuts appeared before the N9/N10 Kilcullen-Waterford Road covered them. Some were deep pits, some no wider than a thumb, and beside them lay a broken Fulacht fia, its heat-worked stones cut short by later hands. The road needed a straight answer, so the ground gave up a crowded kitchen, a burial, or a forgotten festival.
Excavated in advance of construction of the N9/N10 Kilcullen-Waterford Road (Excavation Licence number E2583). Over 138 cut features were excavated, varying from large pits to small stake-holes. Found in association with a heavily truncated Fulacht fia (CW007-097----). (Richardson A. 2009, 41) Reference: Richardson A. (2009) 'Busherstown Burnt-mound trough, Bronze Age burial pit, prehistoric activity' in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 41 (168). Bray. Wordwell Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 10 November 2010

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