Habitation site

The National Monuments Service's description

Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as Frankfort 7 (Hardy et al. 2010, 37). It is situated on a level landscape and was completely excavated (E4160) by B. Sutton when five phases of activity and many periods were recorded. A small pit contained some Late Bronze Age pottery, but the principal features were three hearths and some pits dispersed over an area of c. 10m x c. 8m. A pit (dims 1.6m x 1.4m; D 0.4m) produced a C14 date of cal. AD 783-986 from its upper fill but a hearth (dims 1.36m x 1.16m; T 0.09m) with two pairs of adjacent stake and post-holes, perhaps for a spit, produced a C14 date of cal. AD 1048-1220. Two other hearths (dims 0.61m x 0.46m; T 0.08m: 1.24m; X 0.88m; T 0.15m) produced no dating material. The unrelated pits (WX011-065----; WX011-066----) are c. 35m to the NE and c. 80m to the SE respectively. (Hull and Ruttle 2012, 5-7; Sutton 2013)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 26 November, 2013

References

Hardy, C., Nugent, L., Homan Reid, R; O'Liathain, N; Whitty, Y.; and Coleman, C. 2010 N11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme. Archaeological Consultancy Services, Stage (1)a. E4110. Testing report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished. TVAS (Ireland).

Hull, G. and Ruttle, E. 2012 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford. E4160, Frankfort 7. Stage (IV) Final Excavation Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).

Sutton, B. 2013 Frankfort 7: prehistoric occupation. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 245-6, No. 764. Dublin. Wordwell.