County: Roscommon Site name: Teevnacreeva 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 10E0306
Author: James Kyle, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120b Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Iron Age pits
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 567312m, N 793521m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.890070, -8.497255
Teevnacreeva 1 was discovered during a first phase of testing undertaken by Nial O’Neill in 2009 along the proposed N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass (Excavations 2009, No. 699, 09E0475). The Stage (iii) excavation work was undertaken between 18 and 20 September 2010.
The site revealed two pit features. Both pits were shallow and contained charcoal. One pit contained burnt bone and was dated to ad 20–220 (SUERC–27344) in the late Iron Age (Doyle 2009). The second pit contained moderately compact grey peaty silt with some charcoal and was probably associated with the dated pit. No finds were recovered from across the site. Analysis of the bone will determine whether it is human or animal and will assist in interpreting whether the pit was used for cooking or represents a truncated cremation burial.
Reference
Doyle, T. 2009 N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass scheme, Co. Roscommon. Report on archaeological testing of sreas G–P (09E476). Unpublished report prepared by Headland Archaeology Ltd for Roscommon County Council.
