Overview
Pit alignment in Ask is recorded as Pit alignment in Wexford. This site was excavated (E3502) during 2005 as a part of a complex area know as Site 42-44 of the N11 Gorey to Arklow link. 250m N-S 48-60m E-W) across the road-take was excavated, but geophysical survey indicates that activity extended outside this to the E, W and SW.
Why it was made
The saved account records: This site was excavated (E3502) during 2005 as a part of a complex area know as Site 42-44 of the N11 Gorey to Arklow link.
People and events
The saved account records: 250m N-S 48-60m E-W) across the road-take was excavated, but geophysical survey indicates that activity extended outside this to the E, W and SW.
How it worked
The saved account records: Situated on the lower NW-facing slope of Ask Hill.
What remains
The saved account records: This is Structure J in area A, where three parallel lines of pits are roughly aligned WNW-ESE.
Why it mattered
Pit alignment in Ask matters because the source ties pit alignment to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: The N line consists of eight large but shallow pits extending from N of ring-ditch (WX007-076004-) to beyond the excavated area at E (L 16m plus).
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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