Excavation

Situated on a W-facing slope with a S-N stream c. 125m to the W. Identified in centre-line testing (05E0763) of the alternate route of the N25 Waterford city bypass (Russell 2008b), and excavated completely (E3440) as Butlerstown North 2 during 2007. This is a concentrated area with three pits and a hearth with associated stake-holes. Finds of pottery, flint and chert were recovered, and a small flint arrowhead was found in the topsoil. (Lennon 2010b; O'Hara and Ginn 2011c) Russell, I. (2008b) Various townlands. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 361, No. 1481. Wordwell. Dublin. Lennon, A-M. (2010b) Butlerstown North 2. Prehistoric activity. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 512, No. 1808. Wordwell. Dublin. O’Hara, R. and V. Ginn (2011c) Butlerstown North 2, 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. 1, 52-3. NRA road scheme: Monograph 8, Dublin Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 January 2011