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The National Monuments Service's description

On slightly undulating pastureland. A natural pool was located c. 100m to the NW. Excavated in 2008 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road improvement scheme (Licence no. E3916). A small sub-oval trough (L 0.82m; Wth 0.74m; D 0.47m) with small stake-holes around the perimeter indicating a possible lining. Two large pits (L2.7-3.18m; Wth 2.2-2.06m) were connected to the trough by a shallow channel and may have been related to water management or storage. A small pit was adjacent to the trough. A very small burnt spread was identified. Ash charcoal from the fill of the trough was radiocarbon dated to 2457-2202 cal BC (UBA-13119). (Wierzbicki 2010, 250, no. 946; Wierzbicki and Coughlan 2012)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 11 December 2013

References

Wierzbicki, P. 2010 AR122, Jordanstown. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 250, no. 946. Bray. Wordwell.

Wierzbicki, P. and Coughlan, T. 2012 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Phase 4 - Knocktopher to Powerstown. Ministerial Direction: A032. Site name: AR122, Jordanstown 3. Registration No. E3916. Final report. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.