2004:1810 - KILLIANE: Killiane Castle, Wexford

Testing of two areas outside the bawn of Killiane Castle was undertaken on 20 December 2004. The castle, SMR 42:20, is a large, well-preserved tower-house.

Four trenches were excavated to the south of the bawn in an area of open pasturage close to the remains of the estate chapel, SMR 43:1. Two of the trenches revealed traces of a cobbled surface, which appeared to have been abandoned in the late post-medieval period.

Two further trenches were excavated immediately outside the line of the eastern bawn wall. One of these trenches contained a stone foundation of unknown date and a substantial subsoil-cut feature that appeared to have been finally backfilled in the 17th or 18th century. It is possible that the subsoil-cut feature uncovered is the backfilled remains of a defensive ditch outside the bawn wall.