2007:1864 - Woodstown 9, Waterford

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Waterford Site name: Woodstown 9

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A037; E3437

Author: Robert O’Hara, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd, Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth.

Site type: Pit

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 655285m, N 610829m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.246406, -7.190403

This site was excavated as part of the pre-construction archaeological mitigation of the N25 Waterford bypass, alternative route. Woodstown 9 consisted of a single pit cut into the subsoil that contained a fragment of iron. It measured 1.1m by 0.9m by 0.28m. A large tree bole and a shallow field drain were also recorded within the site.