2004:1790 - BALLYWATER, Wexford

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Wexford Site name: BALLYWATER

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E0871

Author: Catherine McLoughlin, Stafford McLoughlin Archaeology, Unit 4, Enniscorthy Enterprise Centre, Milehouse Road, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.

Site type: Prehistoric and medieval

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 718352m, N 644020m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.534660, -6.255470

Monitoring was carried out at the above development site in response to planning conditions. The development is a wind farm and the site contains the remains of a moated site, SMR 22:10, and an enclosure, SMR 22:11. Several areas of archaeological activity were uncovered, most notably the remains of a truncated burnt mound and a series of pits and furrows. The burnt mound was preserved in situ, as it was located beneath an access road. The area of pits and gullies was excavated, as it was within the footprint of a turbine pad that was located close to the moated site.

Excavation revealed a system of medieval furrows, and pits containing struck flint. A large pit filled with charcoal-rich soil was also excavated in another turbine pad. Struck flint was also recovered from this feature.