County: Kerry Site name: BALLYGARRET 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E004747
Author: Bruce Sutton IAC Ltd
Site type: CHARCOAL-PRODUCTION KILN
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 468982m, N 609208m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.219032, -9.917518
Stage (iii) archaeological excavation at An Bhánóg Theas 1 (Ministerial Direction No.: A070) was undertaken in advance of the N86 Lispole to Ballynasare Lower & Ballygarret to Camp Road Improvement Scheme in County Kerry. All works were funded by Transport Infractructure Ireland (TII).
One archaeological feature was excavated at Ballygarret 1, a charcoal-production kiln.
A copy of the final excavation report has been published in the TII Digital Heritage Collections on the Digital Repository of Ireland. It can be accessed with this link https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.h1292279z.
A report on the excavations undertaken on this road scheme has been published: Sutton, B. (2020) ‘Transience and Permanency – Four Thousand years of settlement on the Dingle Peninsula: Archaeological Excavations near Lispole and Camp in advance of the N86 Road Scheme (2015-2016)’. Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society, Series 2, Vol 19 (2019), pg. 35–62 (https://www.kerryhistory.ie/product/series-2-vol-19-2019/).
Unit G1, Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co Wicklow
