Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Habitation site
Ballygullen (gorey By., Balloughter Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygullen (gorey By., Balloughter Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.62501, -6.37005
- SMR number
- WX011-073----
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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
Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as Ballygullen 3 (Hardy et al. 2010, 42-3). It is situated on a shelf on a SW-facing slope and was completely excavated (E4205) by B. Sutton when a complex of three slot-trenches, 35 pits, 58 post-holes and 130 stake-holes were recorded over an area of almost 2500m (2), but no patterns were discernible amongst these features although some nodes can be identified. The slot-trenches (L 1.94m; Wth 0.22m; D 0.09m: L2.45m; Wth 0.78m; D 0.98m: L 3.56m; Wth 0.3-0.46m; D 0.15-0.28m) are all slightly curved and the latter two placed 2.4-4m apart may be from the same circular structure. The pits vary in size (dims c. 0.4m x 0.4m; D 0.07m to 2.3m x 0.84m; D 0.73m) with some of exceptional size (dims 3.7m x 3.05m; D 0.14m) and most of the nine pieces of flint, two stone objects and 84 sherds of prehistoric pottery are associated with them. There was one possible hearth, and two cremation pits (dims 1.15m x 0.8m; D 0.26: 0.55m x 0.45m; D 0.28m) were c. 1.5m apart at the centre of the complex. Many of the features were cut by post-medieval furrows, gullies and ditches. The fulacht fia (WX011-071----) is c. 200m to the N. (Hardy and Rajic 2012; Sutton 2013)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 26 November, 2013
References
Hardy, C. and Rajic, M. 2012 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford. E4205, Ballygullen 3. Stage (III) Post-excavation Assessment Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).
Sutton, B. 2013 Ballygullen 3: prehistoric occupation. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 223, No. 705. Dublin. Wordwell.
Hardy, C., Nugent, L., Homan Reid, R; O'Liathain, N; Whitty, Y.; and Coleman, C. 2010 N11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme. Archaeological Consultancy Services, Stage (1)a. E4110. Testing report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished. TVAS (Ireland).
Nearby in the register
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.