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Excavated in 2006 in advance of the N9/N10 Waterford to Kilcullen Road Scheme (Excavation licence no. E3005). One of two parallel rectangular houses (see KK036-068----), both orientated NW-SE and c. 4m apart. The houses were cut by a large boundary ditch (KK036-070----). The house to the SE (c. 11.5m x 7.8m) was constructed using deep stone-filled foundation trenches and post-holes. A possible entrance feature was at the E end of the NE wall. An internal foundation trench divided the house into two rooms and there were also internal post-holes either for supporting the roof or for creating a further division. All of the evidence recovered from the structure including ritually deposited lithics and domestic items such as sherds of carinated bowls confirm that it was of Early Neolithic date. The earliest radiocarbon date for this house was 3788-3659 cal BC (UBA-14155). (McKinstry 2009, 260, no. 1019; 2010)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 8 October 2013
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