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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 Rockspring 1 (Hardy et al. 2010, 47-8). It is situated on a S-facing slope at the W foot of Carrigroe Hill. It was completely excavated (E4262) by Y. Whitty as a rectangular trough (dims 1.7m x 1.4m; D 0.28m) that had four stake-holes along the base at its W side and sloped down slightly to the E. A subcircular pit (dims 1.4m x 1.2m; D 0.12-0.17m) was just to the E and a rectangular pit (dims 1.5m x 0.94m; D 0.2m) was just to the E of this. All features contained burnt mound material, but there was no spread of the mound. A sample from the base of the trough produced a C14 date of Cal. BC 1207-1009. (McNamara 2011; Whitty 2013)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 26 November, 2013

References

McNamara, M. 2011 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford. E4262, Rockspring 1. Stage (IV) Final Excavation Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).

Whitty, Y. 2013 Rockspring: troughs. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 258-9, No. 814. Dublin. Wordwell.

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 Unpublished.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).