County: Kilkenny Site name: Earlsrath
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: E003006
Author: Liam Mckinstry, 9 Ballantyne Place, Steamboat Quay, Limerick, Co. Limerick, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Site type: Pits, spreads
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 656364m, N 626860m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.390381, -7.171920
The excavations at Earlsrath, sites E2510, E3005, E3006 and E3007, were undertaken as part of the archaeological programme for the N9/N10 Waterford to Powerstown road scheme.
Site E3006 consisted of two small shallow pits and three small spreads. After excavation, other features initially identified were shown to be natural. The area opened for the site was very large, but the features identified were spaced apart and it seems likely that most were the result of field clearance.
