County: Roscommon Site name: Banada 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 10E0302
Author: James Kyle, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120b Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 564374m, N 795145m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.904475, -8.542126
Banada 1 was identified as a burnt mound during the first phase of testing by Tara Doyle (Excavations 2009, No. 688, 09E0476) within the footprint of the proposed N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass. The Stage (iii) excavation work was untaken between 24 and 31 August 2010.
The site comprised the remains of a burnt-mound site. Two troughs with timber were identified at the site which were sealed by a mound of heat-shattered stone (50% of which was outside the CPO).
