County: Kilkenny Site name: AREA 3, MOYLE BIG/RATHCROGUE/TINRYLAND/BALLYBAR UPPER
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A021/000
Author: Linda Hegarty, Headland Archaeology Ltd, Unit 4b, Europa Enterprise Park, Midleton, Co. Cork.
Site type: Testing
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 651097m, N 656151m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.654145, -7.244788
Testing was carried out along the route of the proposed N9/N10 Kilcullen–Waterford scheme: Contract 3, Prumplestown to Powerstown. It consists of c. 46km of dual carriageway and a number of significant minor side road realignments and modifications. Contract 3 was subdivided into four separate areas; Area 3 tested Moyle Big, Rathcrogue, Tinryland and Ballybar Upper townlands. Thirteen sites were identified (A021/030–A021/042, see this volume, Nos 792–3, 826–28, 833–37, 843–845).
