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Raheenapisha 1, 15E0567, was located on the proposed N76 Callan Road Realignment, Co. Kilkenny (ITM 648345 651820). The site was revealed during test trenching in 2015 and was excavated under the direction of Graham Hull of TVAS (Ireland) Ltd in November to December 2015 and March to April 2016. The site encompassed an area of 466 m2 and was situated in a pasture field. The excavation revealed an early medieval cereal drying kiln, a likely early medieval field boundary ditch and pit that pre-dated the kiln, a pit possibly associated with the kiln and a post-medieval ditch. Charred plant remains retrieved from soil samples taken from the kiln, pits and ditches were analysed. Oat-rich cereals had been dried in the kiln before it was cleaned and then abandoned. Three radiocarbon determinations were obtained indicating that the ditch was dug in the 11th century AD or earlier and the kiln was in use in the 11th or 12th centuries AD. The archaeological deposits were fully excavated within the excavation area, however the medieval ditch extends outside the CPO to the east and (potentially) beneath the existing road to the west. The ditches were examined by means of hand- dug slots. The excavated area was backfilled and reinstated.