County: Carlow Site name: CLOGHRISTICK
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A021/050
Author: Joanne Hughes, Headland Archaeology Ltd, Unit 4b, Europa Enterprise Park, Midleton, Co. Cork.
Site type: Pits
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 671269m, N 670085m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.777086, -6.943680
Immediately adjacent to the railway line two pits were identified during Contract 3 testing on the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme. The half-sectioned portion of the first pit contained prehistoric pottery and some chert debitage. The second pit (1.8m to the north) contained a sandstone fragment with a central groove. A fragment of a possible grinding stone was found in close proximity to these features. Between both of the pits a small charcoal-filled stake-hole was identified. No other archaeological features were found in the adjacent test-trenches. It is possible that the construction of the railway line had truncated additional features associated with these pits.
