1997:460 - BALLAGHBOY, Sligo

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Sligo Site name: BALLAGHBOY

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 95E0210

Author: John Channing

Site type: Fulacht fia

Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)

ITM: E 578230m, N 808111m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.021745, -8.332201

Road construction activity on the Curlew Bypass Project uncovered two adjacent spreads of heat-fractured stones on a level piece of upland, close to a stream. One spread produced a wood-lined trough. There were no finds or other features to assist a more detailed interpretation.

Editor’s note: This excavation, though carried out in 1995, was not reported on in time for inclusion in the bulletin for that year.

17 Rowan House, Sussex Road, Dublin 4