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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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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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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This was a small disturbed burnt mound located in reclaimed ground on the western edge of an area of rough pasture located to the south of the turlough in Caherweelder townland. A large irregular central trough was located below the undisturbed lower burnt mound deposit. A smalle
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The excavation uncovered the disturbed remains of, an undated, burnt mound with no other associated archaeological features. The burnt mound was disturbed by land improvement works which were undertaken during the 1980s. A small assemblage of animal bone was recovered from the bu
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This report analyses the individual structures and researches the historical and social background of a small group of buildings in Roevehagh townland which were subject to survey and test excavations. The group included a pair of buildings and a single, similar building, located
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