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Situated at the crest of a W-facing slope at the E edge of the valley of the S-N Ballymoat stream, with the stream c. 280m to the W. Identified in centre-line testing (05E0763) of the alternate route of the N25 Waterford city bypass (Russell 2008b), and excavated completely (E3447) as Bawnfune 1 during 2007 by R. O'Hara (2009e). A circle of nine or ten post-holes (dima. c. 5m) was excavated, and a charcoal sample for C14 dating was recovered, but there were no artefacts. (O'Hara 2010i; O'Hara and Ginn 2011a)
Russell, I. (2008b) Various townlands. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 361, No. 1481. Wordwell. Dublin.
O'Hara, R. (2009e) N25 Waterford bypass alternative route. Archaeological investigation. Contract 1. Preliminary reprot on the Archaeological excavation of Bawnfune 1. Unpublished report. DEHLG. Archaeological Consultancy Services.
O'Hara, R. (2010i) Bawnfune 1. Possible structure. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 510, No. 1800. Wordwell. Dublin.
O’Hara, R. and V. Ginn (2011a) Bawnfune 1, Co. Waterford. in J. Eogan and E. Shee-Twohig (2011) Cois tSiúire – nine thousand years of human activity in the lower Suir valley. Archaeological excavations on the N25 Waterford city bypass, vol. 1, 48-9. NRA road scheme: Monograph 8, Dublin
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 27 January 2011
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