County: Wicklow Site name: BALLYHENRY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E0701
Author: Eoghan Kieran, c/o Archaeological Development Services Ltd, Windsor House, 11 Fairview Strand, Dublin 3.
Site type: Fulacht fiadh
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 727782m, N 698901m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.025525, -6.095138
Excavation took place between 20 May and 11 June 2002. The site appeared as a small area of raised ground adjacent to a small south-running stream and an area of flat marshland that surrounds the stream and borders the site to the west. To the east is a steeply sloping hill that rises to a height of over 90m. Ground clearing revealed the remnants of a fulacht fiadh or burnt mound. Excavation of a portion of the mound and two associated troughs followed. There were no finds from the site that would indicate a period of occupation, although fulachta fiadh are usually dated to the Bronze Age.
Editor's note: Though carried out in 2002, this summary was received too late for inclusion in the bulletin of that year.
