Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Ballynahallin, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynahallin
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.53505, -6.54602
- SMR number
- WX020-088----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "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 Ballynahallin 2 (Hardy et al. 2010, 108). It is situated on a shelf of a steep NE-facing slope down to the NNW-SSE River Slaney, which is c. 450m to the NE. Full excavation (E4264) by Y. Whitty recorded a circular, round-bottomed pit (diam. 4m; max. D 2m) with two fire-reddened layers at the edges separated by a charcoal-rich silty clay. An open drain or flue (Wth 3.7m; D 1.5m; L 5.7m plus) extended perpendicularly from the edge at SE. The base of this feature was filled with a charcoal-rich silty clay. It is probably post-medieval in date. The unrelated fulacht fia (WX020-087----) is c. 30m to the SW. (McNamara 2011; Whitty 2013)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 28 November, 2013
References
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 Unpublished.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).
Whitty, Y. 2013 Ballynahallin 2: possible flare-clamp. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 226-7, No. 715. Dublin. Wordwell.
McNamara, M. 2011 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford. E4264, Ballynahallin 2. Stage (III) Post-excavation Assessment Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.