County: Waterford Site name: Whitestown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 06E0279
Author: Tom Janes, Headland Archaeology Ltd, Unit 1, Wallingstown Business Park, Little Island, Cork.
Site type: Burnt spread
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 642629m, N 605581m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.200364, -7.376389
Excavation was conducted in advance of the East Waterford water pipeline construction from Ballyshonock reservoir to the River Mahon. Testing in 2006 under licence 06E0163 (see No. 2002 above) identified a burnt spread. Excavation revealed a spread truncated by a field drain. On one side the spread was 3.4m by 2.8m in width and on the other it was 1.8m by 1.1m in width. A layer of charcoal-flecked clay was sealed beneath the spreads. There was no associated trough.
