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Enclosure

Knockhouse Lower, County Waterford, Ireland

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Townland
Knockhouse Lower
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.25367, -7.15745
SMR number
WA009-031----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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The National Monuments Service's description

This site was first identified by Geophysics conducted for Sineád Phelan of Margaret Gowan and Co. when it was recorded as an enclosure (int. diam. c. 33m) defined by a single ditch, which appears to be wholely missing SE-SSW of the centre. The enclosure was confirmed by Sineád Phelan in two trenches (03E0375) (Phelan 2006, 503, No. 1901). The site was subsequently completely excavated (03E1033) by Áine Richardson. It has been dated to the middle Bronze Age (Walsh and Sutton 2015, 3).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Phelan, S. 2006 Knockhouse Lower. Prehistoric. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 503, No. 1901. Wordwell. Bray.

Walsh, F. and Sutton, B. 2015 Preliminary report on excavations at Archaeological Area 2 at Knockhouse Lower, Co. Waterford. Licence no. 15E0260. Unpublished archaeological excavation report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

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