Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.
Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.
Add your photo and local directionsShare what you foundWhat is recorded here
First identified in testing (03E1975) by Melanie McQuade of Margaret Gowan and Co. in advance of a new road at the NW edge of Waterford city (McQuade 2006a, 503), and subsequently fully excavated (03E1879) by the same excavator. A circular hut-site (diam. 3.2m) was defined by a slot-trench (Wth 0.12-0.19m) with post-holes defining the entrance (Wth 0.4m) at SE, and with a central post-hole. There were a number of small pits in the area and a large hearth (diam. 1-1.2m; D 0.06-0.14m) with stake-holes 7.4m to the SW, which might be contemporary, but features with Neolithic carinated pottery are also present (WA009-027----). Enclosure (WA009-031----) is c. 100m to the NE. (McQuade 2006)
McQuade, M. (2006a) Knockhouse Lower/Carrickpherish/Bawndaw. Potential hearth and pit. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 503, No. 1900. Wordwell. Bray.
McQuade, M. (2006b) Knockhouse Lower. Hut, hearth and series of pits. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 504-05, No.1905. Wordwell. Bray.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 26 August 2010
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.