County: Wicklow Site name: BALLINACLOUGH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: WI031-070 Licence number: A022–074, E3260
Author: Goorik Dehaene, for Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 727873m, N 691565m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.959604, -6.096684
This site comprised the fragmentary remains of prehistoric settlement activity. Coarse Bronze Age pottery sherds were recovered from the site (site analysis only). The site was c. 3.5km south-west of Wicklow town. The archaeological investigation was undertaken in February 2006 on behalf of the National Roads Authority on the route of the N11 Rathnew to Arklow road improvement. The site is c. 800m east of WI031–002(01, 02), a moated castle known as McDermot’s Castle.
The site measured 30m by 30m. Four pits, fifteen stake-holes a deposit and post-holes and furrows were excavated. The stake- and post-holes contained prehistoric pottery.
Coolroe, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow
