Project

Code:

NWB

03

Client:

Waterford

Co.

Council

Date:

May

2009

N25

Waterford

Bypass,

Contract

3.

Final

Report

on

Archaeological

Investigations

at

Site

34

in

the

townland

of

Newrath,

Co.

Kilkenny

Volume

3

Appendix

9:

Palaeoenvironmental

Analyses

Report,

Site

34,

Newrath

Townland,

Co.

Kilkenny

By:

Dr

Scott

Timpany

(With

contributions

by

Prof

Simon

Haslett,

Dr

Sue

Dawson

and

Dr

Jason

Jordan)

Excavated

under

Licence:

04E0319

Director:

Brendon

Wilkins

Chainage:

670

NGR:

25921

11446

Project

Code:

NWB

03

Client:

Waterford

Co.

Council

Date:

May

2009

N25

Waterford

Bypass,

Contract

3.

Final

Report

on

Archaeological

Investigations

at

Site

34

in

the

townland

of

Newrath,

Co.

Kilkenny

Volume

3

Appendix

9:

Palaeoenvironmental

Analyses

Report,

Site

34,

Newrath

Townland,

Co.

Kilkenny

By:

Dr

Scott

Timpany

(With

contributions

by

Prof

Simon

Haslett,

Dr

Sue

Dawson

and

Dr

Jason

Jordan)

Excavated

under

Licence:

04E0319

Director:

Brendon

Wilkins

Chainage:

670

NGR:

25921

11446

Headland

Archaeology

(Ireland)

Ltd:

N25

Waterford

Bypass,

Contract

3,

Site

34

Final

Report

Volume

3

2

Contents

Abstract

3

Introduction

3

Methods

3

Pollen

and

non

‐

pollen

palynomorphs

3

Microscopic

charcoal

analyses

4

Plant

macrofossil

analyses

4

Wood

identification

analyses

4

Loss

on

Ignition

5

Foraminifera

5

Diatoms

5

Results

6

Radiocarbon

dating

6

Stratigraphy

9

Loss

on

Ignition

10

Pollen

11

Plant

macrofossils

15

Foraminifera

19

Diatoms

19

Discussion

20

Stratigraphy,

Loss

on

Ignition

and

Sea

‐

level

rise

20

Vegetational

History

and

Human

agency

23

Conclusion

34

References

35

Appendices

41

Figures

and

Tables

Figure

1

–

Loss

on

Ignition

Results

10

Figure

2

–

Monolith1

pollen

diagram

12

Figure

3

–

Monolith

2

pollen

diagram,

13

Figure

4

–

Monolith

1

plant

macrofossil

diagram

16

Figure

5

–

Monolith

2

plant

macrofossil

diagram

17

Figure

6

–

Reconstructed

sea

‐

level

curve

for

Newrath

22

Table

1

–

Radiocarbon

results

from

SUERC

6

Table

2

–

Idealised

stratigraphy

for

Area

1

9

Table

3

–

Evidence

for

Neolithic

Agriculture

in

the

28

Waterford

Area

N25 Waterford Bypass, Contract 3. Final Report on archaeological Investigations at Site 34 in the townland of Newrath, Co Kilkenny Volume 3

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