Archaeological investigations were carried out in advance of the N25 Rathsillagh to Harristown Little, Realignment Scheme in Co. Wexford. Eachtra Archaeological Projects were under contract to Wexford County Council to carry out this work. At Chainage 6280, topsoil stripping of t
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Archaeological testing was conducted by Eachtra Archaeological Projects along the proposed route of the N25 realignment from Rathsillagh to Harristown, Co. Wexford. The proposed routeway was stripped by machine (under monitoring licence 00E0379) and a small, irregularly shaped fe
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Archaeological testing was conducted by Eachtra Archaeological Projects along the proposed route of the N25 realignment from Rathsillagh to Harristown, Co. Wexford. The proposed routeway was stripped by machine (under monitoring licence 00E0379) and a complex of features and spre
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Eachtra Archaeological Projects were engaged to monitor works within previously untested or unresolved locations along the route of the new N8 Rathcormac/Fermoy bypass, between June 2004 and March 2005. These works occurred both within and outside the extents of the Compulsory P
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Eachtra Archaeological Projects were engaged to monitor works within previously untested or unre- solved locations along the route of the new N8 Rathcormac/Fermoy bypass. These works occurred both within and outside the extents of the Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO). External wo
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The excavation of a charcoal-rich layer atop a gravel ridge at Caherweelder revealed an ironworking hearth or furnace which produced two Iron Age dates. A single chert piece, identified as a possible hone stone, was found, and along with a small but varied animal bone assemblage,
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This report presents the results of an eight-week excavation of a disturbed ringfort (GA087-177) or enclosure in the townland of Loughbown, Ballinasloe, County Galway. The site had an internal bank, partly protected on its southern side by an extant field boundary and an exter
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Eachtra Archaeological Projects were commissioned by Laois County Council and the National Roads Authority to undertake archaeological works along 17.1 km (Contact 1) of the 35km N7 Castletown to Nenagh (Derrinsallagh to Ballintotty) national road scheme (EIS approved in November
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Monitoring of topsoil removal was carried out along the length of the N21 Ballycarty to Tralee Road Improvement Scheme under licence 03E1701 in October 2003(Dunne, 2005). The overall length of the N21 Ballycarty to Tralee Road Improvement Scheme is 2.9km. Geophysical testing of t
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The excavation of the site at Clashnevin 2 comprised a group of stake-holes, pits, postholes and layers. The domestic activity was dated to the late Bronze Age / early Iron Age. The two dates were returned from the fill of a pit and an occupation layer. Evidence of wild food expl
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This report details the results of archaeological excavations carried out at Monganstown townland, along the line of the N6 realignment between Kinnegad and Kilbeggan (Figure 1). Situated approximately 2 km west of Kinnegad, the site is one of fourteen new archaeological sites i
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