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 Kilcannon 4 (Hardy et al. 2010, 18-19). It is situated on a slight rise on the E-facing slope of a NE-SW ridge overlooking the N-S River Slaney, which is c. 500m to the E. Full excavation (E4194) by C. Hardy recorded three oval pits (dims 2.3m x 1.4m; D 0.4m: 1.2m x 0.84m; D 0.37m: 3.74m x 2.33m; D 0.34m), all of which contained some element of broken and burnt stone, and they probably represent the troughs of a fulacht fia. The secondary fill of the first pit produced a C14 date of cal. BC 1444-1315. The pits (WX020-096----) are c. 225m to the NNW. (Hull and McNamara 2011; Ruttle 2011; Hardy 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 Unpublished.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).

Hardy, C. 2013 Kilcannon 4. Pits. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 247-8, No. 774. Dublin. Wordwell.

Ruttle, E. 2011 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford. E4194, Kilcannon 4. Stage (IV) Final Excavation Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).