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Excavated in advance of construction of the N9/N10 Kilcullen-Waterford Road (Excavation Licence number E2587). Close to a former stream channel, a large pit (L 5m; Wth 1.55m; D 0.83m) filled with burnt material, charcoal and heat-shattered stones. Two sherds of medieval pottery and part of an iron object were recovered from the upper fill but a sample from the base of the pit provided a radiocarbon date in the Early Bronze Age. A small pit (L 0.8m; Wth 0.73m; D 0.12m) located less than 2m to the SE and also contained charcoal and heat-shattered stones and provided a radiocarbon date in the Early Bronze Age. (O' Neill, 2009)
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O' Neill N. 2009 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Kilcullen to Powerstown. Archaeological Services Contract No. 4 - Resolution, Prumpelstown to Powerstown. Final Report on archaeological investigations at site E2587, in the townland of Busherstown, Co. Carlow. Unpublished report, Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd., Cork
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 10 November 2010
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