Hearth

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 Quarry 1 (Hardy et al. 2010, 49-50). It is situated towards the bottom of a W-facing slope. It was excavated (E4353) by M. McNamara as a circular layer (diam. 0.65m; T 0.05-0.07m) of grey-black silty sand with some stones and charcoal over a slightly scorched subsoil. There were no other features other than a N-S drain (Wth 0.5-0.6m; D 0.4m) just to the W, which is thought to be post-medieval, but the date of the hearth is not known. (Hardy and McNamara 2012; McNamara 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 Unpublished.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).

Hardy, C. and McNamara, M. 2012 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford. E4353, Quarry 1. Stage (IV) Final Excavation Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).

McNamara, M. 2013 Quarry 1. Possible hearth and ditch. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 257, No. 809. Dublin. Wordwell.