Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Baysrath (knocktopher By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baysrath (knocktopher By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.49005, -7.24114
- SMR number
- KK031-092----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a slight E-facing slope in pasture. Excavated in 2007 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme (Licence no. E3627). A possible structure comprising a rectangular area (4m x 2m) defined by three post-holes and two adjacent possible slot-trenches. A number of isolated pits and hearths were also found. The pits and hearths may be associated with a large ceremonial and habitation site dating from the Bronze Age to the early medieval period (KK031-075---- to KK031-088----) that lay immediately to the S. A figure-of-eight kiln was also found in the SW corner of the excavated area. (Walsh 2010, 234, no. 882; Walsh and Coughlan 2013)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 11 November 2013
References
Walsh, F. 2010 AR055, Baysrath. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 234, no. 882. Bray. Wordwell.
Walsh, F. and Coughlan, T. 2013 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme, Phase 4 – Knocktopher to Powerstown. E3627 Baysrath 2. Final report. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- House - Iron Ageunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.