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Initially identified (in Area A) during archaeological test trenching in advance of a quarry development in 2003 (Excavation Licence No. 03E1336) (Ó Drisceoil 2006, 24-5). Full excavation took place in 2007 (Excavation Licence No. 07E0962). A series postholes and stakeholes appeared 'to form a rudimentary L-shaped…

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Initially identified (in Area A) during archaeological test trenching in advance of a quarry development in 2003 (Excavation Licence No. 03E1336) (Ó Drisceoil 2006, 24-5). Full excavation took place in 2007 (Excavation Licence No. 07E0962). A series postholes and stakeholes appeared 'to form a rudimentary L-shaped alignment at the NW end of a large pit' (Clark and Kozlowska 2009, 21). A radiocarbon date of cal 3644-3523 BC' was recovered from one of the postholes (ibid). Found in close proximity to a series of pits, hearths, post-holes and stakeholes (CW016-120006-) and a Bronze Age pit burial (CW016-120008-). References: Cagney L. 2010 Kilcarrig Multi-period industrial/occupation. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 22-3 (No. 108). Bray. Wordwell. Clark L. and Kozlowska D. 2009 Kilcarrig Quarry Scheme. Final Report on Archaeological Investigations in the townland of Kilcarrig, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow. Licence Number 07E0962. Headland Archaeology Ltd., Cork. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Ó Drisceoil C. 2006 Kilcarrig Testing. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 24-5 (No. 46). Bray. Wordwell.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CW016-120007

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