Excavation - miscellaneous

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 Ballynabarney 3 (Hardy et al. 2010, 103-04). It is situated on a W-facing slope in the valley of the N-S River Slaney, with the river c. 380m to the W. It was fully excavated (E4210) by C. Hardy who recorded a steep-sided oval pit (dims 1.9m E-W; 1.75m N-S; D 0.7m) with three fills which had some content of burnt stone. A sample from the middle fill produced a C14 date of cal. BC 1880-1686. The pit is probably a trough from a fulacht fia, but no trace of a mound was recovered. A drain, a ditch and a plough furrow were also sampled, but these are probably post-medieval. The pit (WX020-105----) is c. 150m to the WSW. (Hull and McNamara 2012; Hardy 2013)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 28 November, 2013

References

Hull, G. and McNamara, M. 2012 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford. E4210, Ballynabarney 3. Stage (IV) Final excavation report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).

Hardy, C. 2013 Ballynabarney 3. Pit and drains. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 226, No. 712. 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 Unpublished.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).