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 Toom7 (Hardy et al. 2010, 77). It is situated on a fairly level landscape. It was excavated (E4285) by C. Hardy as two pits (dims 0.7m x 0.5m; D 0.24m: 1.54m x 1.14m: D 0.25m) and what may be a tree-bole (3.32m x 2.13m; D 0.46m), all within a small area (dims c. 10m x c. 6m) and all containing fills with flecks of charcoal. A sample from the larger pit produced a C14 date of Cal BC 2196-1985, and the only artefact recovered was a piece of worked quartz from the same context. The pits and post-holes (WX020-099----) are c. 90m to the SW. (Hull 2011; Hardy 2013)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload; 28 November, 2013

References

Hardy, C. 2013 Toom 7. Pits, drain and post-medieval agricultural activity. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 265, No. 832. Dublin. Wordwell.

Hull, G. 2011 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford. E4285, Toom 7. Stage (IV) Final Excavation Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).

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 Unpublished.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).