County: Wicklow Site name: Ballyconnell
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 08E0504
Author: John Kavanagh, Icon Archaeology Ltd, 12 Cherry-mount Drive, Carlow.
Site type: Ditches and furrows
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 627241m, N 818703m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.116667, -7.583333
An excavation was carried out prior to the construction of a house at Ballyconnell, Busherstown. The proposed development was located within the zone of archaeological potential of an enclosure site, WI037–009. The excavation uncovered the remains of two parallel ditches (width 1.2m and 2.1m, depth 0.65m and 0.75m) aligned east–west and filled with a gradual build-up of silts, sands and clays. Apart from two sections excavated, the remainder was left in situ. Traces of thirteen evenly spaced plough furrows were found 16m further to the north. No artefacts or datable material was recovered from any of the features.
