County: Carlow Site name: Ballybar Upper, Ballyloo, Ballyryan, Garryhundon and Linkardstown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 24E1035
Author: Jennifer McCarthy
Site type: Archaeological testing - various features
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 673867m, N 669760m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.773813, -6.905257
A programme of archaeological test-trenching was undertaken at Ballybar Upper, Ballyloo, Ballyryan, Garryhundon and Linkardstown, Co. Carlow as part of a proposed solar farm development.
The test trenching was preceded by a geophysical survey, the results of which informed the layout of the trenches. Trenches targeted any geophysical anomalies of archaeological potential. The geophysical survey and archaeological testing were undertaken as recommended by an Archaeological Impact Assessment (O’Flaherty & O’Sullivan 2024). The combined area was c. 192 ha. The programme of archaeological testing comprised the excavation of a total of 152 test trenches, totalling 6,054 m.
A series of pits, linear features, ditches, one possible post-hole and one irregular feature were identified during testing. Prehistoric pottery was recorded within one of these linear features.
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