County: Wicklow Site name: Ballynapark
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A022/037, E3222
Author: Ellen O’Carroll, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 8 Dungar Terrace, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
Site type: Burnt spread
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 727834m, N 682770m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.880610, -6.100726
This excavation was undertaken on behalf of Wicklow County Council and the National Roads Authority in advance of the construction of the N11 Rathnew to Arklow road improvement motorway scheme.
A burnt spread, a burning area and associated pit were uncovered and excavated in Area A. The spread was not similar in form or nature to burnt-mound spreads excavated elsewhere in this area. This spread may represent recent agricultural burning activity, although further post-excavation analysis and dating will determine the significance of the features uncovered.
Area B, which was located on the northern side of the drain, revealed the remains of a burnt mound and an associated pit similar in nature and form to Bronze Age cooking or fulacht sites
