County: Carlow Site name: AR160, Ballynolan
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A032/121; E3755
Author: Sinéad Phelan, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120B Greenpark Road, Bray, Wicklow.
Site type: Ditch
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 667649m, N 665638m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.737588, -6.998231
This site was located within the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme along Contract 2, Phase 4B, Knocktopher to Powerstown, and measured 20m by 20m. A substantial ditch measuring 3.5m wide ran for 20m east–west across the site. At the western side of the site was a large area of burning which represented a phase of ditch clearance. This is likely to have occurred as part of land management in antiquity. Radiocarbon dating and environmental analysis are pending and will be discussed in a final archaeological report.
