County: Wexford Site name: Knockavocka 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E004258
Author: Margaret McNamara, for TVAS (Ireland) Ltd, Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare.
Site type: Deposits, some burnt
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 704090m, N 646701m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.561659, -6.464769
Knockavocka 1 was located on the proposed M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme. The site was situated in a mixed tillage and pasture field.
A number of deposits were recorded in natural depressions. The deposits consisted of loose and moderately compact grey, brown and orange silty clays and sandy silts with charcoal, stone and pebble inclusions. One possible interpretation of these deposits is that they represent burning episodes related to relatively recent land-clearance activity.
