Excavation - miscellaneous

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 a pit (diam. 0.95-1m; D 0.28m), a hearth (dims. 0.3m x 0.4m; D 0.1m) and a possible slot-trench (L 2.6m Wth 0.75m; D 0.23m) that had a fill of grey-brown silty clay with charcoal inclusions (Doyle et al. 2010, 36). It was set aside for resolution as Camlin 8, Area B when further excavation (E4113) identified a pit (dims 1.1m x 1m; D 0.25m) occupied by a large stone with a smaller pit (dims 0.3m x 0.28m; D 0.09m) to the E as well as post-medieval features (Clark and Hackett 2010, 9; 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 Test excavation report, under Ministerial Directions Number A52 (E4067) Unpublished report.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 Camlin 8. Charcoal-production pit. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 231, No. 729. Dublin. Wordwell.

Clark, L. and Hackett, L. 2010 N25 New Ross bypass road scheme, Cappagh, Co. Kilkenney to Knockroe, Co. Wexford. Archaeological Services Contract, Stage (iii) – excavation, post-excavation assessment report for Camlin 8 in the townland of Camlin, Co. Wexford. Unpublished report, Headland Archaeology.