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This report presents the results of archaeological investigations carried out on behalf of Offaly County Council as part of the Advance Archaeological Works Contract for the N52 Tullamore Bypass. It was one of eleven sites excavated on this scheme. The work was undertaken under Ministerial Direction A033 and under National Monuments Section Registration Number E2844 in the townland of Mucklagh, Co. Offaly. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government, following consultation with the National Museum of Ireland, directed that Linda Hegarty of Headland Archaeology Ltd should proceed with archaeological resolution. Archaeological testing, carried out under NMS Registration Number E2493, on this site in 2006 identified three features of archaeological significance. These consisted of two possible charcoal production pits and a cremation pit. Full archaeological resolution was conducted on this site in January 2007. This revealed a further three possible charcoal production pits, a linear feature transecting the site and a shallow spread of charcoal contained within a silty matrix.