County: Waterford Site name: Woodstown 10
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A037; E3436
Author: Anne-Marie Lennon, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd, Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
Site type: Burnt-mound activity
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 655211m, N 611103m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.248876, -7.191441
This site was excavated as part of the pre-construction archaeological mitigation of the N25 Waterford bypass, alternative route. A spread of burnt-mound material, badly disturbed by modern agricultural activities, extended over an area of 10m2 and, when removed, two troughs and three pits were revealed. A series of stake-holes were identified around the edges of both troughs and one of the pits. One trough also had a stepped side for accessibility. An additional five pits, including one figure-of-eight-shaped pit with a ring of oxidised clay present around the south bowl indicating in situ burning, were located to the west and south of the burnt spread. All finds recovered during the excavation were post-medieval in date and no post-excavation analysis is proposed.
