County: Wexford Site name: BRICKETSTOWN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0624
Author: Stuart Elder, Eachtra Archaeological Projects
Site type: Hearth
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 691353m, N 623036m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.351298, -6.659035
The site comprised a spread of charcoal-rich material overlying two hearth deposits, within an irregular oval cut. The sides of the feature had been heavily oxidised, suggesting multiple use, and the primary deposit within the cut was c. 90% charcoal in content. The final cut was 1.24m long (north-west/south-east), 0.9m wide, and 0.15m deep. It lay c. 240m west of the possible prehistoric cremation site (see Excavations 2000, No. 1043).
It was obvious that the site had been heavily truncated prior to machine-stripping, to the extent that the original dimensions of the overlying spread could not be ascertained.
Ballytrisnane, Old Parish, Co. Waterford
