Charcoal-making site

The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a SW-facing slope c. 300m SW of a col between Camlin Hill c. 400m NW of the col and an E-W spur of Ballylane Hill that rises to the E of the col. Centre-line testing (E4067) in advance of the N25 New Ross by-pass identified an oval charcoal-production pit (dims. 3.2m E-W; 1.35m N-S; D 0.14m) with a fill of brown sandy clay that had charcoal inclusions. A small pit (diam. 0.3m; D 0.1m) filled with brown sandy clay and some charcoal was 11m to the SW but it may be unrelated. The charcoal-pit is set aside for resolution as Camlin 6, but no further work seems to have been conducted at it. (Doyle et al. 2010, 35)

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 Test excavation report, under Ministerial Directions Number A52 (E4067) Unpublished report.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.