2016:020 - Ballydavid, Tipperary

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Tipperary Site name: Ballydavid

Sites and Monuments Record No.: Adjacent to TN048-010 Licence number: 15E0571

Author: Fintan Walsh

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 617556m, N 654520m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.641604, -7.740601

A licence was sought in 2015 for the archaeological monitoring of ground works associated with the development of a GAA pitch and associated facilities at Ballydavid, Littleton, Co. Tipperary. The site is located in the Moycarkey-Borris GAA Club and is partially filled by an existing pitch and access road. A substantial ringfort (TN048-010) is located c. 30m west of the proposed development perimeter. Monitoring is being carried out as a condition of planning granted by Tipperary County Council (Ref.: 15/600207g

Ground works commenced in February 2016 and are ongoing. No archaeology found to date (May 2016). The summary will be updated once works are completed.

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