Excavation - miscellaneous

The National Monuments Service's description

Two small post-holes (diam. 0.25m; 0.5m apart) were found during test-trenching carried out along a stretch of the proposed N8 road improvement scheme from Cullahill, Co. Laois, to Cashel, Co. Tipperary. A half-section through the eastern and more regular post-hole revealed a depth of around 0.2m filled with a yellow/grey silt and tightly packed small stones which became less frequent towards the base. Patches of orange/brown clay were present towards the base of the fill (Phelan 2008, 193, no. 790). Further investigation was carried out in October 2006 in advance of the construction of the M8/N8 Cullahill to Cashel road improvement scheme. An area of 400m2 was opened, but no additional archaeological features were recorded. (Hardy 2008; 2009, 262, no. 1024)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 9 October 2013

References

Hardy, C. 2008 M8/N8 Cullahill to Cashel Road Improvement Scheme:Archaeological Resolution. Final report. Ministerial Direction: A027/000 Registration No.: E2392 Site AR 50, Foulkscourt Townland, Co. Kilkenny. Unpublished excavation report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.

Phelan, S. 2008 Various. Foulkscourt. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2005: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 193, no. 790. Dublin. Wordwell.

Hardy, C. 2009 Site AR49, Foulkscourt. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 262, no. 1024. Dublin. Wordwell.