Excavation - miscellaneous

The National Monuments Service's description

On a gravel ridge, bounded to the E by a stream and to the N by a waterlogged area. Excavated in 2007/8 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road improvement scheme (Licence no. E3630). Two clusters of hearths, pits and post-holes interpreted as ‘working areas’ 1 and 2. Working area 2 to the E extended beyond the limits of the excavation. The precise function of the working areas was undetermined but finds of flint and a fragment of a polished stone axe suggest a prehistoric date. A burial ground (KK024-131----) containing 94 inhumations orientated E-W lies immediately adjacent and 5 kilns (KK024-132----) were also excavated in the vicinity. (Whitty 2010a, 248, no. 939; Whitty 2010b)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 9 December 2013

References

Whitty, Y. 2010b Preliminary archaeological assessment report. N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Phase 4B - Rathclogh to Powerstown. Ministerial Direction: A032. Site name: AR098, Holdenstown 2. Registration No. E3630. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.

Whitty, Y. 2010a AR097 and AR098, Holdenstown. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 248, no. 939. Bray. Wordwell.