Excavation - miscellaneous

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 Dunsinane 4 (Hardy et al. 2010, 131-2). It is located on a slight rise at the base of a low hill, the summit of which is c. 500m to the W. It was excavated (E4324) by D. Gallagher as a hearth (dims 0.65m x 0.48m; T 0.16m) with three stake-holes on its N edge. A subrectangular pit (dims 2.1m x 0.68-1.28m max. D 0.6m) was adjacent to the W and contained fills with heat-affected stones and burnt bone. Fourteen smaller pits (dims 0.56m x 0.3m; D 0.13m to 1.25m x 1.25m; D 0.61m) and ten post-holes extended over a wider area to the W (dims c. 18m E-W; c. 10m N-S), but no pattern was discernible. The Neolithic houses (WX019-039001-: WX019-039002-) are c. 150m to the S, but they might be wholly unconnected. (Hardy 2012; Gallagher 2013)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 28 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 Unpublished.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).

Gallagher, D. 2013 Dunsinane 4. Hearths, post-holes, pits, stake-holes. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 242, No. 753. Dublin. Wordwell.

Hardy, C. 2012 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford. E4324, Dunsinane 4. Stage (III) Post-excavation Assessment Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).