Excavation - miscellaneous

The National Monuments Service's description

At the edge of a waterlogged field. Excavated in 2008 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme (Licence no. E3836). A small pit (0.8m x 0.75m; D 0.22m) filled with heat-shattered stone and charcoal was identified at the N edge of the excavation. This may be part of a burnt mound feature that lies outside the limits of the excavation. Ash charcoal yielded a calibrated radiocarbon date of 1894-1743 BC (UBA-15410). A small hearth, a pit and some stake-holes that may represent a windbreak or shelter were excavated some 28m to the SW. Oak charcoal yielded a calibrated radiocarbon date of 166 BC- AD15 (UBA-15411). (Devine 2010, 231-2, no. 872; Devine and Coughlan 2011)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 5 November 2013

References

Devine, E. and Coughlan, T. 2011 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford scheme, Phase 4 – Knocktopher to Powerstown. Final report on behalf of Kilkenny County Council. Ministerial direction: A032. Registration Number: E3836. Site Name: AR115, Ballinvally 1. Ballinvally Townland, Co. Kilkenny. Unpublished excavation report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.

Devine, E. 2010 AR115, Ballinvalley. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 231-2, no. 872. Bray. Wordwell.