County: Wicklow Site name: Ballinacor East
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A022/054; E3240
Author: Red Tobin, 35 Brook Meadow, Avoca, Co. Wicklow for Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 726869m, N 686869m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.917658, -6.113450
This excavation was carried out 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.
Testing at site A022/054 revealed a possible burnt mound or fulacht fiadh. This consisted of a spread of black silty clay with frequent charcoal and heat-shattered stone, measuring 2.15m by 2m by 0.27m deep. It was disturbed by a north-east/south-west-running cultivation furrow. Subsequent excavation has revealed a pit, which has been interpreted as a possible pot-boiler, and a post-hole, both dating to the early Bronze Age.
Editor’s note: Although excavated during 2006, the report on this site arrived too late for inclusion in the bulletin of that year.
