Excavation

On the E-facing slope of a roughly N-S orientated ridge, excavated in advance of construction of the N8 Cashel Bypass and N74 Link Road South. A cluster of stake/post-holes, pits, a linear feature, a post-hole and a recut pit were identified. In all, sixty-six features were identified, of which two, a pit-burial (TS061-164----) and a pit (TS061-172----) were identified as being prehistoric (Bronze Age) in date. Thirty-six features were post-medieval cultivation furrows, two were post-medieval ditches and associated bank, and the remaining features could not be assigned any specific date or function. A group of six post-holes was identified in the centre of the site, but these did not form any recognisable pattern or structure. The post-holes ranged between 0.3 and 0.57m in diameter and between 0.18 and 0.36m deep. Some contained packing stones in their charcoal-rich fills. It is possible that these may be associated with the Bronze Age pits (located less than 20m to the south). The remaining pits and post-holes were isolated features. O'Flanagan 2006, 474. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011