Excavation

Situated in a level landscape. First identified in archaeological testing (02E0318) in advance of the N25 Waterford City by-pass (O'Hara 2006), and fully excavated (03E1283) as Killoteran 8 (Linnane 2006). This is a pit (dims. c. 1m x c. 0.8m; D c. 0,5m) with an oxidised base, indicating burning. (Linane and Ginn 2011) Linnane, S. J. (2006) Killoteran 8. Pit. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 501, No. 1890. Wordwell. Bray. Linane, S. J. and V. Ginn (2011) Killoteran 8, 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, 14. NRA road scheme: Monograph 8, Dublin O'Hara, R. (2006) Site 5, fields 3-6. Killoteran. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 500, No. 1883. Wordwell. Bray Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 January 2011