Excavation - miscellaneous

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, 145m SE of a watercourse which also marks the townland boundary with Dollas Upper. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a feature (BGE 3/67/2) during topsoil-stripping on the Bord Gáis Éireann Pipeline to the West (Grogan et. al. 2007, 261). Excavated in 2002 by Kate Taylor under Licence No. 02E0630 and described as a subcircular-shaped pit or post-hole (diam. 0.35m; D 0.17m) with a concave profile. The fill was a medium to dark-brown, clayey silt with a moderate amount of charcoal. It produced a small fragment of iron slag. No datable material was recovered. Monument has been fully excavated and is not visible on OSi aerial orthimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.

See attached Google Earth orthoimage

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 23 October 2020

References

Grogan, E., O'Donnell, L. and Johnston, P. 2007 The Bronze Age landscapes of the pipeline to the West. Bray. Wordwell.

Taylor, K. 2004 Carrow (BGE 3/67/2). In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 311, No. 1140. Bray. Wordwell.