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 a part of Ballydawmore 5 (Hardy et al. 2010, 82-3). It is situated on a slight rise in an undulating landscape with the headwaters of a small SE-NW stream c. 50m to the N. Full excavation (E4171) by L. Barker of an extensive area recorded two main phases – Neolithic and medieval, with a structure and a burial cairn (WX020-109001-) in the earlier phase and an enclosure (WX020-109003-) in the later.
A concentrated area (diam. c. 10m) of post and stake-holes and pits is situated c. 5m W of the cairn (WX020-109001-) and in the N interior of the enclosure. A central pit may be a cremation burial as it contained a charcoal-rich layer with fragments of burnt bone. This area was rich in lithics, but no pattern was discernible in the post-holes, and a hearth was not recognised. The pits (WX020-108----) are c. 150m to the NNW. (Ruttle and Rajic 2012; Barker 2013)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 28 November, 2013

References

Ruttle, E. and Rajic, M. 2012 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford. E4171, Ballydawmore 5. Stage (III) Post-excavation Assessment Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).

Barker, L. 2013 Ballydawmore 5. Prehistoric cist cairn and cremation; medieval enclosure. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 220-2, No. 697. 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 Unpublished.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).