Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit
Ballard Lower, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballard Lower
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.92049, -6.11561
- SMR number
- WI031-096----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This is the record for the pit excavated by Red Tobin (E3243) on the N11 road improvement scheme. A radiocarbon date places the pit in the early Neolithic period. (Tobin 2009f)
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload; 17 January 2013
References
Tobin, R. 2009f Final Report on Site A022/057, NMSR No E3243, N11 Rathnew to Arklow Road Improvement. Unpublished excavation report submitted to Heritage and Planning Division, National Monuments Service, Department Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.