County: Roscommon Site name: Ballaghcullia 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: NA Licence number: E005123
Author: Patrick Walsh
Site type: Early Bronze Age deposition
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 574825m, N 788650m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.846716, -8.382573
Ballaghcullia 1 was excavated in advance of construction of the N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road Project in County Roscommon by Archaeological Management Solutions Ltd. (AMS) for Roscommon County Council and the TII. The site was discovered during Stage (i)a Standard Test Excavations, carried out by AMS under Ministerial Direction (Direction No. A077, Registration No. E5070) (Hardy 2021). The Stage (iii) Excavation opened two cuttings. In Cutting 1 there was a charcoal-rich spread containing seven sherds of Early Bronze Age ‘Bowl tradition’ pottery. The spread was c.1.6m long, 1.3m wide and 0.13m deep, and its location may have been marked by a neighbouring stake-hole. Approximately 30m south-southeast in Cutting 2 there was a small circular pit, measuring 0.32m by 0.31m in plan and 0.05m deep. This feature contained fragments of cremated bone and may have been a token cremation deposit.
Reference
Hardy, C. 2021. ‘N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road Project Stage (i)a, (i)b, (i)c Test Excavation, Stage (i)m Testing in Felled Forestry and Stage (i)f Townland Boundary Survey. Ministerial Direction No.: A077, Registration No.: E5070.’ Unpublished AMS report for TII and RCC.
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