One fulacht fiadh and one small burnt spread were newly identified in Sonnagh Townland, Co. Mayo during the monitoring of the topsoil/peat removal by the contractors (E3528).1 The peat was removed using a 360ยบ track machine with a 2m wide toothless bucket.
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This series of pits and burnt spread was newly discovered in Sonnagh townland, 3 km south-west of Charlestown, Co Mayo1. It was located on a gravel rise at the eastern edge of a shallow east/west peat basin, at an altitude of 72 m OD and was 20 m east of the Early Neolithic struc
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This potential archaeological pit was identified in Sonnagh townland, Co Mayo during centre-line testing in advance of the construction of the N5 Charlestown Bypass and is likely to be associated with a series of seven pits excavated 40m to the north-east (Sonnagh XIII2). It was
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This fulacht fiadh was newly discovered in Sonnagh townland, Co Mayo, during archaeological monitoring of contractors excavations in advance of the construction of the N5 Charlestown Bypass1. This site was newly identified during archaeological monitoring of topsoil removal by th
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This site consisted of an oval-shaped spread of burnt stone enveloped in peat and a second smaller deposit of burnt stone. The spread measured 12 m by 5.5 m and was 0.45 m thick. It consisted of burnt stone in a matrix of peat with occasional inclusions of charcoal. The second sm
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This site was excavated in May 2006. It was newly identified during centreline testing and was fully excavated in advance of the construction of the N5 Charlestown Bypass. This burnt spread of a possible fulacht fiadh was enveloped in peat and consisted of a deposit of b
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This fulacht fiadh was set in a peat basin and subsequent to its use it was covered by peat. It consisted of a well preserved wood and moss-lined trough and a random concentration of timbers some of which were worked. The trough was rectangular in plan with overal measure
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This fulacht fiadh was set in a peat basin and subsequent to its use it was covered by peat. It was located adjacent to another fulacht fiadh (Sonnagh III, E3345) at 71 m OD and consisted of a substantial wood-lined trough partly overlain by a crescent-shaped burnt mound. Two adj
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This fulacht fiadh consisted of a roughly oval-shaped burnt mound, which partly covered a peat cut trough. The trough was sub-circular in plan with a diameter of 1.25 m and a maximum depth of 0.4 m. The sides and base were concave producing a regular bowl-shaped hollow. It was pa
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This site was newly identified during centreline testing (A020/003) and was fully excavated in advance of the construction of the N5 Charlestown Bypass. It was located at 71 m OD. The fulachta fiadh consisted of a mound of burnt stone and charcoal overlying the base of a substant
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This site was newly identified during centreline testing (A020/003) and was fully excavated in advance of the construction of the NS Charlestown Bypass. The site consisted of a horseshoe-shaped burnt mound of heat-shattered stones, a platform or troug
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