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House, Bronze Age

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Excavated in advance of construction of the N9/N10 Kilcullen-Waterford Road (Excavation Licence number E2589). On flat ground that gently sloped eastwards towards the N. Nine post-holes (average max diam 0.26m; average depth 0.21m) forming a circular plan (diam. 7m) with a possible internal division. One of the post-holes contained sherds of prehistoric pottery. A second possible round house was excavated c. 35m to E (see CW007-133----). (Hegarty L. 2009, 50) Reference: Hegarty L. (2009) 'Ballybar Upper Cremation pits, human remains' in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 50 (207). Bray. Wordwell Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 10 November 2010

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