County: Waterford Site name: BAWNDAW
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0053
Author: Maurice Hurley, 6 Clarence Court, St Luke’s, Cork.
Site type: Pits
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 514854m, N 709558m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.129758, -9.272312
Monitoring was carried out in a greenfield site in advance of the development of a housing estate. All topsoil removal was monitored, revealing a homogenous yellow clay subsoil. Three pits were exposed during the monitoring. These lay in relatively close proximity and a number of features were common for all. Evidence of intense burning was apparent at the base of the pits. In one instance the oxidisation was localised in an area adjoining the pits. This pit was surrounded by a number of post/stake-holes. These may represent a screen surrounding the feature. No artefacts were recovered in associated with any of the pits. No other features of potential archaeological significance were discovered on the site.
