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On a gentle E-facing slope, in flat pasture. Excavated in 2007 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road improvement scheme (Licence no. E3757). An area of fire-cracked stones and blackened sandy silt (16m x 15m x 0.4m) beneath which lay a sub-rectangular trough, with stake-holes in each corner, dated to 2133-1940 cal BC (UBA-14040). A further 25 stake-holes were recorded along the N side but it is unclear if these were associated. A second trough was excavated c. 8m to the W and this was dated to 1679-1523 cal BC (UBA-14042). A large pit/waterhole (diam. 4m; D 2m) was identified between the two troughs. It was dated to cal AD 236-380 (UBA-14041). A horseshoe-shaped arc of post and stake-holes enclosed an area (6m x 3.5m) to the NE of the waterhole. The purpose of this area is unclear. A number of undated pits, post-holes and stake-hole clusters were also identified across the excavated area. (Wiersbicki 2010, 251, no. 951; Wiersbicki and Coughlan 2012)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 6 January 2014
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