County: Wexford Site name: Ballynabarny 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E004338
Author: Colum Hardy, for TVAS (Ireland) Ltd, Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare.
Site type: Pit with prehistoric pottery
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 699603m, N 641968m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.519972, -6.532329
Ballynabarny 1 was located on the proposed M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme. The site was situated in a grassland field surrounded by bushes and trees on the northern and eastern boundaries.
An oval pit measuring 0.7m by 0.6m was 0.3m deep, contained two fills and had a flat base and steep sides. The upper fill was loose dark black/brown silty clay which contained a moderate amount of charcoal. Several sherds of possible Beaker pottery were found in this upper fill. The basal fill of this feature was loose fine light-yellow/brown silty clay which contained additional sherds of possible Beaker pottery. Approximately 76 pieces of prehistoric pottery in total (possibly Beaker ware) were uncovered from the pit.
