Building

The National Monuments Service's description

On a slight N-facing slope on an undulating plain. Excavated in 2007 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road improvement scheme (Licence no. E3538). A concentration of post-holes, stake-holes, pits, and boundaries clustered together on the western edge of a natural pool. Medieval pottery was recovered from all of these and the cluster of activity is thought to represent a small rural dwelling of the 13–14th century. It was evident from the deposits that filled these structural post-holes and slots that the structure had been dismantled prior to site abandonment and would have originally been of post and beam construction. (Devine 2010, 240-41, no. 902; Devine and Sygut 2009)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 25 November 2013

References

Devine, E. and Sygut, J. 2009 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme, Phase 4: Knocktopher to Powerstown. Preliminary archaeological resolution report. E3538. Danesfort 6. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.

Devine, E. 2010 AR083, Danesfort. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 240-41, no. 902. Bray. Wordwell.