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Situated on a slight gravel ridge just above the high water mark on the SW shore of the Newry River estuary. Archaeological excavation (E 4498) in advance of a new bridge recorded a large pit (dims c. 3m x c. 2.4m; max. D 0.56m) filled with a charcoal-rich soil that has inclusions of broken and burnt stones. Samples of oak, ash, hazel and blackthorn were identified but the lithic assemblage consisted of debris. A radiocarbon determination of 3336-2943 BC in the Middle Neolithic period is recorded. The habitation (LH002-012001-) is c. 10m to the S and early medieval metalworking and corn-drying kilns are c. 20m to the NE. (Walsh 2015, 301-02)
Date of upload: 25 October, 2016
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