County: Wexford Site name: Camlin 2
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E004103
Author: Liam Hackett, Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd, Unit 1, Wallingstown Business Park, Little Island, Cork.
Site type: Burnt spreads and associated features
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 670972m, N 623993m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.362914, -6.957949
Excavations at Camlin 2 were undertaken on behalf of Wexford County Council as part of the Stage (iii) archaeological services contract prior to the commencement of construction of the N25 New Ross bypass road scheme. The archaeological features identified at Camlin 2 were divided into two main areas or foci of activity (Areas A–B), which produced evidence of activities associated with burnt-mound technology.
Area A
Excavation at Area A revealed a small pit of uncertain function that measured 0.57m north–south by 0.47m by 0.06m deep. Its fill included occasional small stones but these did not appear to have been heat-affected.
A larger pit was identified 10m to the north-east. This was subrectangular in plan, measuring 2.2m in length (north-east/south-west), 1.4m in width and 0.27m in depth. Its fills contained occasional heat-affected stones and frequent charcoal inclusions. This was truncated by a modern north–south-oriented linear drain.
Area B
Excavation at Area B revealed part of a burnt spread located on a natural rise in the topography. It measured 4.6m long (north-east/south-west) by 3.14m wide and had a depth of 0.22m. Its fills contained frequent heat-affected stones and charcoal as well as frequent mica. This deposit extended beyond the road-take to the east and so the full extent is unknown.
A possible hearth was identified 3m to the north. The cut of this feature was oval in plan and measured 1.3m north-west/south-east by 0.75m by 0.16m deep. Both of its fills contained charcoal, while the upper deposit was heavily oxidised.
Two parallel linear features were also seen to traverse the southern side of this area. The most northerly of these appeared to be a field boundary, while the second was a post-medieval stone-lined drain.
