2004:0723 - BALLYMAQUIN UPPER, Kerry

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Kerry Site name: BALLYMAQUIN UPPER

Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 20:3 Licence number: 04E0737

Author: Jacinta Kiely, Eachtra Archaeological Projects, Ballycurreen Industrial Estate, Kinsale Road, Cork.

Site type: No archaeological significance

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 476826m, N 625500m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.367219, -9.808723

An assessment was undertaken at Ballymaquin Upper, Ardfert. The developer had applied to construct two detached dwellings. The proposed site is 22.5m west of a ringfort. Five trenches were opened on the footprint of the proposed development. The topsoil was a rich brown sandy loam, varying in depth from 0.25m to 0.4m, overlying the natural grey sandy clay; pockets of limestone bedrock were visible in the subsoil. No archaeological stratigraphy or artefacts were recorded in any of the cuttings.