Excavation - miscellaneous

The National Monuments Service's description

Located in a fold on a SW-facing slope overlooking the col between Lacken Hill, c. 1.15km to the SW and a hill in Berkeley c. 500m to the NNW. Centre-line testing (E4067) in advance of the N25 New Ross by-pass identified archaeological material that was set aside for resolution as Lacken 1 (Doyle et al 2010, 46). It was fully excavated (00E4123) when five pits (dims 0.38m; D 0.07m to 1.22m x 0.75m; D 0.16m) and a post-hole in a small area (dims c. 5m x c. 5m) were recorded, but no artefacts were recovered. (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 Test excavation report, under Ministerial Directions Number A52 (E4067) Unpublished report.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.

Hackett, L. 2013 Lacken 1. Five pits and a possible post-hole. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 250, No. 815. Dublin. Wordwell.

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 1 in the townland of Lacken, Co. Wexford. Unpublished report, Headland Archaeology.