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A single instance of metal-working was evident in a furnace pit cut into the upper fill of the re-cut E annexe ditch at a point just SE of the rath. Rake-out to the W indicates that the ditch was at least partially open when it was in operation. The shape of the furnace was uncertain as it had been truncated by a post-medieval ditch to the E and by a modern services trench to the W but it was round-bottomed and oriented E-W. A line of stones to the N which included a quernstone fragment was probably a wind-break. A fragment of a crucible and two possible anvil stones were recovered from the vicinity. Small quantities of slag were found in other ditch contexts. (McGlade 2017, vol. 1, 21-22; 96-7)
See the attached plan for location from McGlade (2017, vol. 1, P 29) _01 location:
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 19 April, 2023
McGlade, S. 2017 Preliminary Excavation Report, Site D, Alexander Reid, Navan. Licence: 16E0449. Unpublished report, 2 vols Archaeology Plan
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