2013:559 - BALLYNASLEE (1), Kilkenny
County: Kilkenny
Site name: BALLYNASLEE (1)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 13E0116
Author: Aidan O'Connell, Archer Heritage Planning
Author/Organisation Address: 8 Beat Centre, Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
Site type: Pit
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 642459m, N 675592m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.829608, -7.369939
Ballynaslee 1 was identified during testing (by James Eogan, 12E0342) of the proposed N77 Ballynaslee Road Realignment Scheme. The site comprised a single pit (0.76m diameter x 0.3m deep) with an area of scrub clearance located 4m to the south. Environmental samples produced hazel, ash, pomoideae and oak charcoal. A sample of charcoal (hazel) was dated to 830–1000 BC (SUERC 49219; 2767± 29 BP), placing it in a Late Bronze Age context.