County: Wexford Site name: Balloughter
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E004286
Author: Bruce Sutton, for TVAS (Ireland) Ltd, Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare.
Site type: Displaced burnt mound
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 710079m, N 652954m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.616666, -6.374385
Balloughter 1 was located on the proposed M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme. The site was identified in a field under crop that slopes downwards from the south-east.
Balloughter 1 consisted of the heavily ploughed-out remains of a burnt mound which was identified between modern field drainage features. A subrectangular trough measuring 2.55m by 1.85m was also revealed but was truncated by a modern drain. The trough had vertical sides, a flat base and a maximum depth of 0.35m. Loose dark-grey sandy silt and a high quantity of heat-affected stones filled the trough.
