Kiln - corn-drying

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a generally level landscape with a slight slope down to the E. Identified in centre-line testing (05E0763) of the alternate route of the N25 Waterford city bypass (Russell 2008b, 361), and further excavation (06E0916) on Bawnfune 2 was conducted in re-aligning a Bord Gáis pipeline (Russell 2010b). The area was excavated completely (E3446) during 2007 by Anne-Marie Lennon (2010b).
An oval pit (dims. 6m x 3.7m; D 0.55m) and four smaller pits were recorded in a concentration (dims. c. 10m x c. 15m) with a short curved slot-trench (L 2.7m; Wth 0.46m) nearby. Two adjacent slot trenches and some post-holes were also excavated. Some flints that are possibly Neolithic in character were recovered, and a post-hole produced a C14 date of cal BC 3770-3530, (Lennon 2009a, 3,4, App. 5; Lennon et al. 2011)

Lennon, A-M. (2009a) N25 Waterford bypass alternative route. Archaeological investigation. Contract 1. Final report on the Archaeological excavation of Bawnfune 2. E3446. Unpublished report. DEHLG. Archaeological Consultancy Services.
Lennon, A-M. (2010b) Bawnfune 2. Prehistoric settlement activity. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 511, No. 1802. Wordwell. Dublin.
Lennon, A-M.; O’Hara, R. and V. Ginn (2011) Bawnfune 2, Co. Waterford. in J. Eogan and E. Shee-Twohig (2011) Cois tSiúire – nine thousand years of human activity in the lower Suir valley. Archaeological excavations on the N25 Waterford city bypass, vol. 1, 49-51. NRA road scheme: Monograph 8, Dublin
Russell, I. (2008b) Various townlands. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 361, No. 1481. Wordwell. Dublin.
Russell, I. (2010a) Bawnfune 2. Prehistoric settlement activity. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 510-11, No. 1801. Wordwell. Dublin.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 13 May 2011