2008:735 - RATHDUFF UPPER (3, UA2), Kilkenny

This site was located within the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme, Waterford to Powerstown Phase 4—Knocktopher to Powerstown. The site consisted of a slightly horseshoe-shaped, burnt-mound deposit (98.2m2) which sealed a large rectangular trough, two pits and three possible pits. An isolated pit was situated south-west of the burnt mound. The trough (1.4m by 1.4m) contained charcoal-rich clay with heat-shattered stone, similar to the overlying burnt-mound material. It had no evidence to suggest that its base was lined. Two pits and one possible pit contained fill similar to the burnt-mound material, while the remaining pit and possible pits were filled as the result of natural silting. Their precise functions are unknown, although they were possibly used as water sumps.