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Discovered during archaeological test trenching (Excavation Licence No. 96E0039). Part of a curving ditch (Wth 2.5 - 3m; max. D 1.85m) containing animal bones and mussel shells was uncovered. Proposed development was moved to avoid further impact on the site. The available evidence has led to the suggestion 'that this was the ditch of an enclosure of the Early Christian period' (Campbell 1997, 73). Souterrain (LH004-127002-) situated c. 10m N of where ditch was excavated.
Reference:
Campbell, K. 1997 Ballymacscanlan. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1996: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 73 (No. 258). Bray. Wordwell.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 18 November 2011
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