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 Drumgold 3 (Hardy et al. 2010, 91-3). It is situated on a gentle SW-facing slope with a SE-NW stream c. 160m to the SW. It was excavated (E4198) by D. Gallagher who uncovered a complex of pits and post-holes in a concentrated area (dims 25m NW-SE; 25m NE-SW). Two of the pits were cremation burials (dims 0.59m x 0.58m; D 0.09m: 0.45m x 0.43m; D 0.05m), but most pits were larger (dims c. 0.5m x. 0.5m; D 0.24m to 2.85m x 1.5m; D 0.64m) and contained a lot of prehistoric lithics and ceramics. Three conjoined pits may have formed a kiln, but the post-holes produced no discernible pattern. A geophysical survey suggests that other features are in the vicinity and it may be within a large enclosure (diam. c. 100m). The ring-ditch (WX026-082----) is c. 85m to the SE. (Hardy and Taylor 2012; Gallagher 2013)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 29 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 Unpublished.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 Taylor, K. 2012 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford, E4198, Drumgold 3. Stage (III) Post-excavation Assessment Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).

Gallagher, D. 2013 Drumgold 3. Cremation burial-pits, post-holes, stake-holes, pits, kiln. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2013: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 240, No. 749. Dublin. Wordwell.