2013:557 - BALLINTLEA (Site 22-1), Kilkenny
County: Kilkenny
Site name: BALLINTLEA (Site 22-1)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 13E0130
Author: Bruce Sutton, TVAS (IRELAND) LTD.
Author/Organisation Address: Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare
Site type: Pit, Structure and Hearth
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 658740m, N 625557m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.378420, -7.137240
Site 22-1, Ballintlea was discovered during monitoring of topsoil stripping for the Bord Gáis Networks Gas to Great Island scheme (12E0356).
A cluster of medieval features was badly truncated by early modern agricultural activity. Six pits, seven post-holes and two hearths probably represent medieval domestic activity and an assemblage of Leinster Cooking Ware and Kilkenny-type ware pottery suggests a 13th-14th-century date.