Structure

The National Monuments Service's description

Discovered prior to road construction (Excavation Licence No. 00E0477). An area measuring c. 4800sq m was excavated (Chapple 2002, 210-12). A variety of different structures and phases of activity were identified. Two large boundary ditches (LH021-065001- and LH021-065002-), an industrial site (LH021-065003-), a hut site (LH021-065004-) and a kiln (LH021-065005-) date to the Early Christian period. Three structures (LH021-065006-, LH021-065007- and LH021-065008-) date to the Medieval period.

This structure (LH021-065006-) was found close to the two other medieval structures (LH021-065007- and LH021-065008-). Excavation revealed a cut (Wth 0.75m; D 0.5m) of sub-rectangular shape with rounded corners (7m N-S by 5.2m E-W). Site was heavily truncated and both the eastern part of the structure and any occupational surfaces had been removed. Finds from the cut included 13 fragments of medieval pottery, burnt bone and animal teeth. (Chapple 2002, 212)

Compiled by: Claire Breen

Date of upload: 20 July 2012

References

Chapple, R. 2002 Balgatheran 1. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 210-2 (No. 638). Bray. Wordwell.