What is recorded here

Three curving gullies and charcoal-stained pits waited beneath County Kilkenny soil when excavation began in 2006. They may have marked a ring-ditch, a boundary drawn by hands now forgotten. The scarred stones and burnt bone suggest fire, feast or ritual, though the truncated shape withholds a final answer.

Excavated in 2006 in advance of a proposed housing development (Excavation licence no. 06E0022). Three curving gullies, linked to each other were noted at the SW extent of the excavation. An oval pit (2.96m NW-SE; 2.1m NE-SW) with frequent flecks of charcoal and a number of scorched angular stones and flecks of burnt bone was found at NE along with a circular pit (1.95m N-S; 1.95m E-W) and another gully. The gullies may have formed a ring-ditch but as the features were badly truncated this could not be determined. Results of radiocarbon dates are awaited. (Wallace and McQueen 2006; 2009, no. 1011, 257-8) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 1 October 2013

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