2025:046 - Lisgorran, Ballybay, Monaghan
County: Monaghan
Site name: Lisgorran, Ballybay
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 24E1154
Author: Carmel Duffy
Author/Organisation Address: Umberstown Great, Summerhill, Co. Meath
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 668541m, N 820546m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.129374, -6.951321
The site is located immediately north and east of, and very close to Recorded Monument MO018-042—- : Ringfort – rath : LISGORRAN.
Four trenches were excavated in advance of the renovation and extension of an old stone dwelling.
In Trenches 1, 2 & 3, which were closest to the monument and the existing building, there was virtually no topsoil, angular broken stone comprised the fill, occurring 0.08m below ground surface.
Trench 4 was located in a small enclosure south of the dwelling-house. It had a general depth of 0.55m, and contained the following soil profile:
– 0.28m of sod and dark-brown silty clay topsoil;
– 0.3m of light brown silt –
– 0.2m of light brown reddish clay subsoil.
No material of an archaeological nature, finds or features were observed in any of the trenches.