E4328 Manor EastArchaeological excavation report, E4328 Manor East 4, County Kerry.N22 Tralee Bypass / Tralee to Bealagrellagh Ministerial Direction Number: A056 Excavation Registration Number: E4328 Townland Names: Manor East, County Kerry Site Type: Manor East 4 ? Dryland pits and wetland timber Nat. Grid Ref. 086173 / 113039 Consultant: Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd. Excavation Director: James Kyle Report Authors: James Kyle & Shane Delaney Type of Report Stage (iii) Post-excavation Assessment Report Status of Report: Final Date of Issue December 2011 National Roads Authorityarchaeologydating (measuring)Archaeological excavation reportstratigraphic reportspecialist reportPost row - peatlandPitThis report describes the results of an archaeological excavation of Manor East 4 (Registration Number: E4328), which was located along the proposed route of the N22 Tralee Bypass / Tralee to Bealagrellagh, Co. Kerry. Manor East 4 was discovered during a first phase of archaeological testing along the proposed bypass undertaken in 2010 by Headland Archaeology (Bartlett, Hession and Long 2010; E4149). The Stage (iii) excavation work at Manor East 4 was undertaken on behalf of the National Roads Authority and it took place between the April 4 and April 9, 2011. Manor East 4 was comprised of a dryland area containing a small number of pit and post features (one of which produced early Neolithic pottery) next to what appeared to be a former stream channel sealed by peat. These pits and postholes mark the repeated use of this dryland throughout prehistory and are not all contemporary as one of the hearth features produced a charred hazelnut dating to the early Bronze Age period (2 Sigma Cal. 1955–1770BC UBA 18632). Neolithic and Bronze Age habitation and burial activity has been identified at Manor East 1 c. 350 m to the north-east. The peat in the adjacent channel appeared to have formed and accumulated between the late Iron Age and the medieval period. A number of cut and trimmed branches and stakes were recovered from throughout the peat although no discernible pattern or structure was identified. Two samples of alder from these timbers produced a medieval date for felling of 2 Sigma Cal. AD1403–1441, UBA 17592 and AD1413–1469, UBA 18518. National Roads AuthorityTransport Infrastructure IrelandKyle, JamesDelaney, ShaneIrish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd2012-06textImagepdfapplication/pdfenBronze AgeIrelandKerryhttps://www.logainm.ie/24784.aspxeast=86173; north=113039; projection=INGeast=486148.03; north=613092.54; projection=ITMCopyright and all related rights including moral rights in the reports and other documents provided by TII is owned by either the TII or the authors of the individual reports. Subject to the Disclaimer below, you may use or print copies of, and reproduce content from, these reports for your personal use or for educational or other non-commercial purposes provided that the copyright ownership is acknowledged. You may also include extracts from these reports in works from which you expect to derive commercial benefit or profit, provided however that you obtain the written permission of the TII to such use and that the copyright ownership is acknowledged. Please contact R¢n n Swan at Ronan.Swan@tii.ie for further information in this regard. (Disclaimer: Your use of any reports or any other materials provided is at your own risk. TII hereby expressly disclaims any warranty or representation that it has the right to licence the reports and other documents provided. TII further disclaims any liability with respect to the content of any materials provided, including but not limited to any errors or omissions which may be contained in such materials, any intellectual property rights, or the disclosure of confidential information.), Note 1: Some reports do not state ?Final Report? on the cover. However, until such time as a full and final report is available for a relevant site we are making alternative reports available. Note 2: In some cases more than 1 licence number may be included in a single report. R¢n n Swan, Head of Archaeology and Heritage, November 2015 N22 Tralee Bypass/Tralee to Bealagrellaghhttp://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p06hps8vvgz