County: Kilkenny Site name: RATHPATRICK
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E0769
Author: Linda Hegarty, Headland Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 664297m, N 615356m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.286113, -7.057585
Waterford City Council proposes to construct an 18km bypass around Waterford city, with associated link roads. The route forms part of the N25 and runs from Kilmeaden in Co. Waterford to Slieverue in Co. Kilkenny. The work outlined here was undertaken at Site 42 in the townland of Rathpatrick, Co. Kilkenny, as part of pre-construction investigations of the N25 Waterford bypass Contract 3. On this site testing by Emmet Stafford identified possible archaeological features (Excavations 2003, No. 1042, 03E0523). Full resolution was carried out in June 2004. The National Roads Authority through Waterford City Council administered the total archaeological cost.
Following topsoil-stripping of an area measuring 1877m2, eleven irregular pits were identified. The nondescript nature of the features identified, the absence of artefacts and the very low yield of archaeological material from environmental sample analysis suggested that these features were associated with land clearance.
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