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First identified by Melanie McQuade in centre-line testing (03E1795) on the route of the Carrickphierish Road at the NW edge of Waterford City (McQuade, 2006a), and subsequently excavated (03E1880) by the same excavator. A subrectangular pit (dims. 2.45m NW-SE; 0.7m NE-SW; D 0.1m) was 8m to the S of a second subrectangular pit (dims. 2m x 1.2m; D 0.2m) filled with burnt mound material. (McQuade 2006c)
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. (2006c) Carrickpherish. Pits and a post-hole. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 494, No. 1863. Wordwell. Bray.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 26 August 2010
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