2007:1808 - BUTLERSTOWN NORTH (2), Waterford
County: Waterford
Site name: BUTLERSTOWN NORTH (2)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: A037; E3440
Author: Anne-Marie Lennon, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Site type: Habitation site
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 655347m, N 610318m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.241808, -7.189579
This site was excavated as part of the pre-construction archaeological mitigation of the N25 Waterford bypass, alternative route. An area 16m by 20m was stripped and three pits, a hearth and several associated stake-holes were identified. Finds of pottery, chert and flint were recovered from the features and a small flint arrowhead was found in the topsoil. It is likely that the features uncovered may represent a small area of transient prehistoric activity.