Excavation - miscellaneous

The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a flat, low-lying landscape. Archaeological testing (09E0476) during 2009 on the route of the N5 Ballaghadereen bypass identified a shallow curvilinear trench (L 3.5m; Wth 0.8m; D 0.4m) with associated deposits. A fragment of hazelnut shell produced a C14 date of 2460-2150BC. The site was set aside for resolution as Ballinphuill 1 (Doyle 2010a, 11-12; 2012b).
Subsequently, three deposits of silty clay were excavated (10E0305), but no features were recorded. However, nineteen pieces of struck stone, principally chert, were recovered. A flint scarper was in the collection, which probably represents in situ knapping. (Kyle and Delaney 2011c; Kyle 2013a; Delaney et al. 2016, 83)

Compiled by: Michael Moore.

Date of upload: 10 February, 2012

References

Doyle, T. 2010a N5 Ballaghadereen bypass road scheme, Co. Roscommon. Report on archaeological test trenching of areas G-P. Headland Archaeology. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Licence no. 09E0476.

Doyle, T. 2012b Areas G-P, Ballaghaderreen bypass: testing. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2009: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 180, No. 688. Dublin. Wordwell.

Kyle, J. 2013a Ballinphuill 1: Neolithic activity. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 178, No. 559. Dublin. Wordwell

Kyle, J. and Delaney, S. 2011c N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass. Ballinphuill 1, prehistoric activity. Final report. Irish Archaeological Consultancy. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Licence no. 10E0305.

Delaney, S., J. Kyle and D. Bayley 2016 Working the margin. The archaeology of the N5 Ballaghaderreen Bypass road project. Journal of the County Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society, vol. 13, 81-7.