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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 Ballycourcy More 4 (Hardy et al. 2010, 96). It is situated on a level landscape with a S-N stream c. 70m to the E. It was excavated (E4204) by D. Gallagher who recorded a rectangular, flat-bottomed trough (dims 3m NW-SE; 2.08m NE-SW; D 0.57m) with the remnants of slot-trenches for retaining planks at NW and SE, retained at the W corner by four large stones. The trough had three stake-holes in the S corner, and it slightly truncated a small pit (dims 0.71m x 0.54m; D 0.23m) on its SE side. A second rectangular, flat-bottomed trough (dims 2.12m NW-SE; 0.7m NE-SW; D 0.33m) with rounded ends was 4.46m to the E. A D-shaped pit (dims 1m x 0.75m; D 0.17m) was c. 4m S of the smaller trough and a second pit (dims 1.49m x 0.7m; D 0.38m) was c. 13m to the N. The troughs were filled with layers containing various amounts of burnt stone, and a small remnant of a burnt mound (dims 4.5m x 3.5m; T 0.04m) lay over the smaller trough. Some features extended outside the excavated area to the W. The burnt mound (WX026-086----) is c. 150m to the SSE. (Hardy 2012; Gallagher 2013)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 29 November, 2013

References

Hardy, C. 2012 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford. E4204, Ballycourcy More 4. Stage (III) Post-excavation Assessment Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).

Gallagher, D. 2013 Ballycourcy More 4. Burnt-stone spread, troughs, pits and stake-holes. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 219, No. 692. Dublin. Wordwell.

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 Unpublished.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).