What is recorded here

Fire destroyed the rectangular house on the gentle south facing slope, yet the trench and three compartments still mark where people lived. A cremation pit inside the structure suggests the dead remained with the living long enough to be remembered before the road took the western edge. The Carinated Neolithic pottery scattered across the floor turns a forgotten room into a place where meals, rituals and loss shared the same air.

On gentle south facing slope, partially excavated in advance of construction of the N9/N10 Kilcullen-Waterford Road (Excavation Licence number E2581; area 6 in final report). Rectangular shaped (excavated portion 9.3m E/W by 7.1m N/S), defined by a trench (Wth 0.45m; D 0.3m), with 3 internal compartments. Orientated in an E/W direction. A possible hearth was discovered towards the centre of the structure. No evidence for an entrance was discovered suggesting that it is at the western end and preserved in-situ outside the road take. The structure was most likely destroyed by fire. A large assemblage of Carinated Neolithic pottery was found. A cremation pit (CW007-127----) was discovered inside the structure. (O' Neill N. 2009, 28-29, 31-3) Reference: O' Neill N. 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 E2581, in the townland of Busherstown, Co. Carlow. Unpublished report, Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd., Cork Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 10 November 2010

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