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Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd (IAC), funded by the National Roads Authority (NRA) through Kilkenny County Council, undertook an excavation at the site of AR126, Kellymount 4 along the proposed N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme, Phase 4 – Knocktopher to Powerstown (Figure 1). The following report describes the results of archaeological excavation at that site. The area was fully excavated by Przemyslaw Wierzbicki under Ministerial Direction A032 and Excavation Registration Number E3857 issued by the DOEHLG in consultation with the National Museum of Ireland for IAC. The fieldwork took place between the 3 and 7 December 2007. The excavation identified a small oval cereal drying kiln and a posthole or small pit. It is not clear if the two features are directly related although their relative proximity to each other and the lack of any other features on the site suggests they are most likely associated. A sample of willow charcoal from pit fill C7 returned a 2 sigma calibrated date of 91BC–AD50 (UBA 14046). The excavation at Kellymount 4 has produced evidence of an Iron Age cereal drying kiln and associated pit. The site is important locally as it adds to an existing corpus of excavation results indicating continuity of settlement in the area from the Bronze Age and throughout the Iron Age. It is also of interest in the wider analysis of the distribution and function of Iron Age sites in the area, for which there previously was little or no evidence. The site also provides evidence of middle Iron Age kiln technology