County: Meath Site name: Ballymacoll Little, Belgree & Rowan townlands
Sites and Monuments Record No.: n/a Licence number: 24E0038
Author: Liam Coen c/o Courtney Deery Heritage Consultancy
Site type: Testing, various site types
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 706175m, N 745008m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.444447, -6.401733
Archaeological assessment of a site was undertaken in the townlands of Ballymacoll Little, Rowan and Belgree. The assessment comprised a desktop study, geophysical surveys and test excavations. 23 trenches were excavated with a mechanical excavator under constant archaeological supervision. The trenches were principally located to investigate the results of geophysical surveys of the lands (Detection licences no. 23R0524, 23R0526 & 23R0453). 15 of the 23 trenches revealed archaeological features.
A total of 26 sites were identified during the course of the assessment. These include nine Recorded Monuments (6 ring-ditches, a ringfort, enclosures and a field system); four ring-ditches, three areas of late medieval settlement activity along Belgree Lane, a late medieval rectilinear enclosure, five undated enclosures; a multi-phase enclosure; and ditches and other features of archaeological origin from either the prehistoric or of undated provenance.
Lynwood House, Ballinteer, Dublin 16
