2005:386 - BALLYMAN, Dublin

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Dublin Site name: BALLYMAN

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0057

Author: Ciara McCarthy, for Arch-Tech Ltd, 32 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2.

Site type: No archaeological significance

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 723412m, N 719097m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.207960, -6.152481

Monitoring was carried out at the site of erection of angle masts 40E and 40W for the Carrickmines–Fassaroe 110kV line diversion. The site was located on the south-facing slope of the River Dargle valley c. 100m from SMR 28:1, a standing stone, and 28:2, a complex of archaeological sites including a church and graveyard. The angle mast 40W required the installation of four box trenches 3.35m by 3.35m and 2.6m deep. The angle mast 40E required the installation of a linear trench 2m wide and 1.6m deep. No archaeological features or deposits were identified.