County: Roscommon Site name: Currinah, Bohalas and Bockagh
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 10E0298
Author: Tom Janes, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120b Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Burnt mounds, limekiln
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 557279m, N 798868m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.937384, -8.650621
Testing was undertaken in advance of the N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass, Co. Roscommon. The work, untaken on behalf of Roscommon County Council, took place between 26 July and 16 August 2010. A total of 9936 linear metres were excavated within the four areas to be tested (Areas 1–4). Five archaeological sites were discovered during the course of the works – Bockagh 2–6. Bockagh 2–5 comprised a series of burnt mounds and spreads, all of which were clustered within a 500m radius of each other. A further burnt mound was identified in a previous phase of testing in Bockagh to the east of this group (Bockagh 1, 10E0300; No. 564 above). Bockagh 6 comprised a limekiln. Although it was not illustrated on the first-edition 6-inch OS maps or the 25-inch OS maps there are several (approximately six) limekilns located along the local roads c. 300m to the north and north-west of Bockagh 6. There are one or two kilns marked c. 500m south and south-west of the scheme footprint, associated with small houses. Bockagh 2–6 were later excavated by James Kyle (10E0377, 10E0378, 10E0379, 10E0380 and 10E0381; Nos 564–569 above).
