House

Excavated (E3471) during 2005 by H. Schweitzer as a part of Site 6 at Moneycross Upper, which was one of the excavations undertaken in advance of the construction of the N11 Arklow-Gorey link-road. Situated in a low-lying landscape on a slight S-facing slope. A house (dims. 14.5m N-S; 6.6m E-W) defined by a slot-trench (Wth c. 0.3-0.8m; D 0.02-0.2m) that was complete apart from the N half of the W side had a doorway (Wth 1.2m) in the centre of the E wall. The doorway and adjacent walling had been repaired once. Iron artefacts and Leinster cooking ware can be associated with it. Disturbance of the interior ensured that no in situ features could be recorded, but a re-deposit of charcoal may indicate a hearth. Two small pits, located outside c. 5m to the SE and to the SW are probably contemporary. The house is associated with field system (WX011-054002-), part of which were excavated to the W. (Schweitzer 2008; 2009; Eogan and Kelly 2016, 222) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 April, 2012