What is recorded here
On a SE-facing slope. Excavated in 2007 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road improvement scheme (Licence no. E3606, Area D). The badly disturbed remains of a burnt spread (6m N-S; 4m E-W) with two troughs and a possible water cistern to the E. One trough was flat-bottomed and subrectangular, the second trough was linear and had four pits immediately to the W. A concentration of post-holes was located between the troughs. A hearth was located in the W of Area D. 10m NE of the hearth a small slot-trench containing 4 post-holes was found with intercutting pits. A radiocarbon sample from the hearth yielded dates of 41 cal BC – cal AD 55 (UBA-14024). A post-hole in Area D yielded dates of 762-416 cal BC (UBA-14025). (Devine 2010, 242, no. 908; Devine and Coughlan 2012)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 26 November 2013
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