What is recorded here
One chamber held a complete urn, a small dish and a knife. The other contained a broken urn and charcoal. Those are the facts. What the chamber did, who built it or whether it marked a boundary, remains unknown. The road was built anyway.
Excavated in advance of construction of the N9/N10 Kilcullen-Waterford Road (Excavation Licence number E2591, site B, area 1), a number of pits, postholes and areas of burning were found close to two Bronze Age structures (see CW007-137---- and CW007-138----). (Doyle T. 2009, 7-10)
References:
Doyle T. 2009 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Kilcullen to Powerstown. Archaeological Services Contract No. 4 - Resolution, Prumpelstown to Powerstown. Final Report on archaeological investigations at site E2591, in the townland of Rathcrogue, Co. Carlow. Unpublished report, Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd., Cork
Hughs J. (2009) 'Rathcrogue Bronze Age settlement site' in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 48-9 (201). Bray. Wordwell
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 10 November 2010
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