Structure

The National Monuments Service's description

On a gentle NE-facing slope in pasture. Excavated in 2007 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road improvement scheme (Licence no. E3834). A slightly curved fence or palisade (L 20m) represented by 19 post-holes with three other possibly associated post-holes that were dated to the Early Bronze Age (2122-1938 cal BC (UBA-12234)). A cluster of three pits c. 8m to the S yielded an Iron Age date (382-206 cal BC (UBA-12233)) and there were several other clusters of pits in the vicinity that remain undated. (Kyle 2010, 249, no. 943; Kyle and Coughlan 2011)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 10 December 2013

References

Kyle, J. 2010 AR119, Jordanstown. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 249, no. 943. Bray. Wordwell.

Kyle, J. and Coughlan, T. 2011 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Phase 4 - Knocktopher to Powerstown. Ministerial Direction: A032. Site name: AR119, Jordanstown 1. Registration No. E3834. Final report. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.