Hearth in Knockhouse Upper

Located on the floodplain of the River Suir. First identified in centre-line testing (02E0441) in advance of the N25 Waterford City by-pass (Murphy and O'Neill 2002, 28, figs 9, 10b) and later fully excavated (03E0587) by I. Russell (Knockhouse 7). An oval feature (dims. 0.95m x 0.75m; T 0.07m) of light brown oxidized clay is interpreted as a hearth. Artefacts including a flint scraper, medieval pottery and a clay pipe stem were found in the topsoil. The fulachta fia (WA009-032001-; WA009-032002-) are c. 160m to the NE. (Russell and Ginn 2011i) Murphy, D. and O’Neill, T. (2002) N25 Waterford bypass. Contract 1. Centre-line testing – 02E0441. Unpublished report. Archaeological Consultancy Services. Russell, I. and V. Ginn (2011i) Knockhouse Upper 7, 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, 25. NRA road scheme: Monograph 8, Dublin Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 02 May 2012