This site was uncovered in the townland of Muckridge during advanced testing at chainage 4900. Topsoil stripping revealed a large spread of burnt mound material within an area measuring 23m east?west by 16m north?south. The site had been heavily truncated by a number of post-medi
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A total of twenty-eight areas for Archaeological Resolution (AR?s) were identified during advance stripping and monitoring of groundworks for the N25 Youghal Bypass scheme. The sites were distributed all along the route and consisted of small archaeological features such as isola
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The site consisted of a dense cluster of pits, postholes and stakeholes truncated by later postmedieval drainage ditches. It was not always possible to positively identify structures within the distribution of these features. However, there is evidence of at least one oval/subcir
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During monitoring of topsoil stripping of the Old Killeagh Road realignment, the damaged remains of a fulacht fiadh (AR29) were excavated within an area measuring 13m east?west by 8m north?south. A single oval-shaped trough 2.3m east?west by 1.90m north?south and 0.55m deep wa
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This site was uncovered in the townland of Propoge during monitoring of ground works for ?Kirk?s Farm Access Road? at Chainage 220 of that line. It is a levelled fulacht fiadh in an excavation area of 6m north?south by 6m east?west. It consisted of a thin spread of burnt-mound
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