2010:755 - DUNSINANE (6), Wexford
County: Wexford
Site name: DUNSINANE (6)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: E004344
Author: Margaret McNamara, for TVAS (Ireland) Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 693503m, N 639075m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.495063, -6.623007
Dunsinane 6 was located on the proposed M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme. The site was situated in pasture.
Two post-holes were revealed with a distance of 3.8m between them. The first post-hole was subcircular in shape, measured 0.4m x 0.3m x 0.11m, had a U-shaped profile and was filled with loosely compacted mid-brown sandy silt. The second was located west-north-west of the first, measured 0.35m x 0.3m x 0.12m, and was filled with soft, brown sandy silt with occasional charcoal flecks and gravel.
The function and date of these features is currently unknown but it is possible that they are associated with nearby Dunsinane 5 (see No. 754, Excavations 2010).