County: Kilkenny Site name: AR040, Kilkeasy
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: A032/24–40, E2513
Author: John Channing, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd, Brehon House, Kilkenny Road, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny.
Site type: Early Christian/Iron Age?
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 653388m, N 629256m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.412209, -7.215247
Archaeological excavations were conducted in advance of the N9/N10 Waterford to Powerstown realignment in August–October 2006. Excavations revealed a rock-cut enclosure ditch that extended outside the excavation area. The feature is reflected in the existing field pattern and has been traced with geophysical survey. Several mixed-use pits, a small metalworking area and a single possible cremation pit were identified outside the enclosure.
