A well, marked on the Down Survey map from the 1650s was named as Peter’s Well on the first edition Ordnance Survey map and was listed as a Recorded Monument (GA103:084). Local information suggests that the well was backfilled about 100 years ago and that a nearby pool known as T
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The excavation of a charcoal-rich layer atop a gravel ridge at Caherweelder revealed an ironworking hearth or furnace which produced two Iron Age dates. A single chert piece, identified as a possible hone stone, was found, and along with a small but varied animal bone assemblage,
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The site was a recorded early medieval enclosure or cashel (GA113:121) which was depicted on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of the area. The site was levelled and destroyed by land clearance in recent decades and was not visible above ground. The remains of a small 19th-ce
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This site consisted of a poorly preserved, Early Bronze Age, burnt mound. Three pits were excavated and all the fills of the pits contained large proportions of charcoal and heat-shattered limestone. A radiocarbon date of cal BC 1934–1773 were obtained from basal fill of a trough
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This was a previously known classic kidney shaped burnt mound which was listed as a Recorded Monument (GA103:083). The site was located within the lands acquired for the N18 Oranmore to Gort scheme and was fully excavated. The large mound consisted of a series of deposits consist
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The new road clipped the western edge of a burnt mound. The excavation revealed the presence of a large trough and a well. Both features were located below the remains of the burnt mound material. Two Late Bronze Age radiocarbon dates were obtained from basal fill of the trough (
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This was a small, porrly preserved burnt mound from which a Late Bronze Age date was returned. A shallow trough contained a number of stakeholes in the base of the pit. No finds were found. One Late Bronze Age date was returned from the basal fill of the trough.
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This report analyses the individual structures and researches the historical and social background of a clachan settlement, a portion of which was excavated, at Moyveela between 4 March and 12 April 2008. The five buildings and associated features excavated represents part of a l
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This excavation revealed the extant remains of a late medieval, mixed feed, permanent lime kiln in the townland of Cullenagh More. The lime kiln consisted of a square structure with a kiln pot measuring, roughly, 3.5 m across and with a surviving depth of 1.5 m. There was a centr
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A small burnt mound was located at the intersection of three field boundaries. The excavation revealed a central trough and two interconnecting pits which lay just to the north of the mound. Whilst shallow, the interconnecting pits may have served as troughs too. Both the mound m
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The site was identified by McCaffrey in 1952 during the course of fieldwork for an MA thesis and was subsequently added to the Record of Monuments and Places as a ringfort and cillín (GA113:109). The site was not marked on any of the Ordnance Survey map editions and no trace of a
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This site consisted of a poorly preserved, Middle Bronze Age, burnt mound. A series of three interconnecting pits were filled with charcoal-rich fills. Two more pits and a possible post-hole were located just to the north of the central pits and were partly overlaid by a layer of
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