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Situated on a W-facing slope with a S-N stream c. 60m to the W. Identified in centre-line testing (05E0763) of the alternate route of the N25 Waterford city bypass (Russell 2008b), and excavated completely (E3441) as Butlerstown North 1 during 2007 (Lennon, 2010c). This is a single small pit (diams. 0.48m; D 0.11m) with a fill that included oxidised clay, burnt bone and charcoal. (Lennon 2009b)
Russell, I. (2008b) Various townlands. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 361, No. 1481. Wordwell. Dublin.
Lennon, A-M. (2009b) N25 Waterford bypass alternative route. Archaeological investigation. Contract 1. Final reprot on the Archaeological excavation of Butlerstown North 1. Unpublished report. Licence: E3441. Archaeological Consultancy Services.
Lennon, A-M. (2010c) Butlerstown North 1. Pit. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 512, No. 1807. Wordwell. Dublin.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 27 January 2011
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