Excavation - miscellaneous

The National Monuments Service's description

In a pasture field overlooked by Tory Hill to the northeast. Excavated in 2006 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme. (Excavation licence no. E2500; Area 9). A double row of post-holes (L 7.2m), 17 pits and two charcoal spreads. Three pits had cremated bone in their fills. Two samples from this area returned radiocarbon dates ranging from 1420 cal BC to 827 cal BC. A third sample returned a date in the Early Middle Ages, possibly as a result of later intrusion. Metalworking sites were excavated in the same area (KK043-087----). (Wren 2009, 253, no. 997; Wren 2010)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 17 September 2013

References

Wren, J. 2010 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Waterford to Knocktopher – Phase 2. Archaeological Resolution, Dunkitt to Sheepstown townlands, Co. Kilkenny. Final report. A032/000, E2500. Sites AR6-9, Ballykeoghan, Co Kilkenny. Unpublished excavation report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.

Wren, J. 2009 Ballykillaboy, Prehistoric and early medieval. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 253, no. 997. Bray. Wordwell.