County: Waterford Site name: Knockboy
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/a Licence number: 19E0145; 19R0048
Author: Frank Coyne
Site type: Prehistoric
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 664261m, N 609458m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.233108, -7.059242
Twenty-seven trenches were excavated across the area of the proposed development. The total area tested amounted to 1026 sq. metres, or 570 linear metres. A pit feature was identified in Trench 6. This measured 1.8m east-west by 1.3m. it appears to be steep sided, so may be up to 1m deep. A circular feature was identified in the geophysical survey in Trench 7. The test trench shows that this is a probable house site, 2.7m east-west internal diameter, with slot trenches at east and west. The fills of the slot trenches consist of a dark silt, with frequent charcoal flecking. A sub-circular pit (0.5m east-west by 0.45m) is located 0.25m to the east of the structure. It is likely that this is the remains of a small Bronze Age round house.
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