Excavation - miscellaneous

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture 170m E of a stream. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as (BGE 3/77/22) in 2002 by Ken Wiggins (Licence 02E0119) during topsoil-stripping on the Bord Gáis Éireann Pipeline to the West. Ditch excavated in 2002 by Brian Halpin under licence No. 02E0517 the results of which were summarised as follows; ‘A curvilinear feature was uncovered lying just to west of (LI039-182----). This feature, measuring 6.7m north–south by 0.7m, was linear and U-shaped, with steep sides and a generally flat base, and was cut into the yellow/orange boulder clay. It had three fills of varying grey/brown silty clay with very occasional charcoal flecking. It may be part of a larger ditch feature that has not survived (Halpin 2004, 299-300; Grogan 2007, 244)’. Monument has been fully excavated and is not visible on aerial images.

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 20 May 2021

References

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

Halpin, B. 2004 Ballingayrour (BGE 3/77/20-2); Bronze Age ditch and associated features. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2002: Summary Accounts of Archaeological Excavations in Ireland, 299-300, No. 1088. Wordwell, Bray.