County: Waterford Site name: NEWTOWN (1)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E0304
Author: Ian Russell, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Site type: Pit and Hearth
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 651408m, N 610233m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.241427, -7.247265
This site was located on the slope of a hill in the townland of Newtown, a short distance outside Kilmeaden on the Portlaw road.
A number of field boundaries and field ditches were exposed, which were post-medieval in date. The only archaeological features identified consisted of two small pits and one hearth. Both pits were roughly circular in shape and measured 0.4m in diameter. The hearth was oval and measured 0.8m in length, 0.7m in width and extended to a depth of 0.3m. It had been filled with a dark-brown clay containing moderate amounts of charcoal and oxidised clay. No finds were recovered.
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