Excavation - miscellaneous

The National Monuments Service's description

Located towards the bottom of the E-facing slope of Lacken Hill. Centre-line testing (E4067) in advance of the N25 New Ross by-pass identified archaeological material that was set aside for resolution as Lacken 2 (Doyle et al 2010, 41). When fully excavated (E4124) two pits (dims 1.8m NE-SW; 1.45m NW-SE; D 0.45m: dims 2.15m NW-SE; 1.1m NE-SW; D 0.4m) and a spread of post-medieval disturbance were recorded. A post-medieval iron nail was recovered from one of the pits. (Clark and Hackett 2010, 8; Hackett 2013)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 September, 2013

References

Doyle, L., Hackett, L., Hession, J., Marshall, M. Yates, D. and Bolger, T. 2010 N25 New Ross bypass road scheme, Cappagh, Co. Kilkenny to Knockroe, Co.Wexford. Archaeological services contract, Stage (1) – standard test excavation, wetland test excavation, townland boundary survey and architectural/built heritage survey. Test excavation report, under Ministerial Directions Number A52 (E4067) Unpublished report. Headland Archaeology Ltd.

Clark, L. and Hackett, L. 2010 New Ross bypass road scheme, Cappagh, Co. Kilkenney to Knockroe, Co. Wexford. Archaeological Services Contract, Stage (iii) – excavation, post-excavation assessment report for Lacken 2 in the townland of Lacken, Co. Wexford. Unpublished report, Headland Archaeology.

Hackett, L. 2013 Lacken 2. Post-medieval field clearance activities. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 250, No. 780. Dublin. Wordwell.