Kiln in Adamstown (middlethird By., Kilmeadan Par.)

Situated on a SE-facing slope. First identified in archaeological testing (02E0275) in advance of the N25 Waterford City by-pass (Russell (2006f), and fully excavated ((03E1216) as Adamstown 2 (Russell 2006h). An oval kiln (dims. 1m x 0.6m; D 0.15m) was in a an area with a concentration of pits and post-holes. Two N-S trenches or ditches c. 5m to the E are part of a post-medieval field system, and produced fragments of slag. A fragment of a lignite bracelet was also recovered. (Russell and Ginn 2011d) Russell, I. (2006f) Site 3, Adamstown/Knockanagh. Testing. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 489-90, No. 1851. Wordwell. Bray. Russell, I. (2006h) Adamstown 2. Kiln. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 491, No. 1853. Wordwell. Bray. Russell, I. and V. Ginn (2011d) Adamstown 2, 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, 6-9. NRA road scheme: Monograph 8, Dublin Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 January 2011