County: Meath Site name: BALLYBIN/COOKSTOWN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E1316 ext.
Author: Laurence McGowan, 27 Lindenwood Park, Foyle Springs, Derry, for Cultural Resource Development Services Ltd.
Site type: Barrow
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 704117m, N 752250m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.509923, -6.430293
Site 23 was excavated on 19-28 May 2004 under an extension to the testing licence, at the request of Meath County Council as part of a programme of archaeological mitigation in advance of the proposed N2 Finglas-Ashbourne road scheme, Counties Dublin and Meath (Appendix II). Excavation uncovered a single small barrow-type monument comprising a circular ditch feature, measuring 2.9m across, with an internal diameter of 1.7m. This excavation produced no evidence of any internal features and it is likely that any mound or bank that may have originally existed would long since have been destroyed. This feature was cut by a relatively recent field drain. Samples from this site have been selected for dating and post-excavation analysis.
