County: Westmeath Site name: Ballard, Co. Westmeath
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR WM037-014SMR WM037-008 Licence number: —
Author: —
Site type: Graves ofindeterminate date
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 628878m, N 734974m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.364181, -7.566121
In July 1954 human remains were discovered during land reclamation works at Ballard, near Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath.275 A human skull was discovered at a depth of 0.5m below ground level, and was broken upon discovery. The site was visited by Breandán Ó Ríordáin. The remainder of the burial was found in situ, extended and aligned west-north-west/east-southeast. There was no evidence for any grave structure or associated artefacts. The area surrounding the excavation is slightly elevated, and approximately 4m north of the bones on the natural rise is a clump of bushes in which a number of large stones are concealed from view. It was not possible to say whether this was a monument or not. The SMR records only one enclosure in the townland, which is marked on the OS 6in. sheet but not as a monument. The human remains were not acquired.276
275. Parish of Ardnurcher or Horseleap, barony of Moycashel. SMR WM037-014——.
276. SMR WM037-008——. IGR 228934 234948.
