What is recorded here
First identified by Ian Russell (2008, 361) of Archaeological Consultancy Services in centre-line testing (05E0763) of Alternate Route 2a of the Waterford City bypass in testing area 37. Situated on a gentle W-facing slope, it was fully excavated (E3437) by Robert O'Hara of ACS as Woodstown 9 when one pit (dims. 0.9m x 0.6m; D 0.7m) filled with loose silty clay was recorded. (O'Hara 2010b).
O'Hara, A. (2010b) Woodstown 9. Pit. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 526, No 1864. Wordwell. Dublin.
Russell, I. (2008) Various townlands. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 361, No. 1481. Wordwell. Dublin.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 02 September 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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