Burnt mound

The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a slight NW-facing slope. Centre-line testing (E4067) in advance of the N25 New Ross by-pass identified a spread of broken and burnt stone that was set aside for resolution as Berkeley 2 (Doyle et al 2010, 44). When it was excavated (E4121) it proved to be a rectangular trough (dims 2.7m E-W; 2.1m N-S; D 0.5m) with 52 associated stake-holes and post-holes which had a circular pit (diam. 2.8-3m; D 0.54m) that was filled with silty clays and small amounts of charcoal immediately to the E. A small spread of burnt and broken stones (4.5m NNW-SSE; 2m ENE-WSW; D 0.1m) was W of the trough and had been cut by a pit (dims 1.57m E-W; 1.27m N-S; D 0.48m). There was a small pit (dims 0.9m N-S; 0.7m E-W; D 0.44m) 2.6m to the N. (Clark and Hackett 2010h, 8-16; 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 Test excavation report, under Ministerial Directions Number A52 (E4067) Unpublished report.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.

Hackett, L. 2013. Berkeley 2. Fulacht fia and associated features. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 227-8, No. 719. Dublin. Wordwell.

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 Berkeley 2 in the townland of Berkeley, Co. Wexford. Unpublished report, Headland Archaeology.