Field boundary

The National Monuments Service's description

Located at the S side of a col between a low NE-SW ridge c. 550m to the N and Ballylane Hill c. 1 km to the SE. Centre-line testing (E4067) in advance of the N25 New Ross by-pass identified a NE-SW linear ditch (Wth c. 0.6m; D 0.45m; available L 9m) with a V-shaped profile that was filled with dark brown silty clay beneath brown clay (Doyle et al. 2010, 36). It was set aside for resolution as Creaken Upper 1 and further excavation (E4112) determined that it is probably a fairly modern field drain (L c. 23m; Wth 1.34m; D 0.49m) (Clark and Hackett 2010b, 3, 8; Hackett 2013).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 September, 2013

References

Hackett, L. 2013 Creaken Upper 1. Modern linear feature. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 239, No. 745. 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 Creakan Upper 1 in the townland of Creakan Upper, Co. Wexford. Unpublished report, Headland Archaeology.

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 Test excavation report, under Ministerial Directions Number A52 (E4067) Unpublished report.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