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Burnt mound in Aghnagarron

Burnt mound

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The remains of a low mound (dims. 9m N–S by 11.2m E–W) were exposed in the course of monitoring an afforestation project. It consisted of a burnt layer of blackened soil and head-shattered stones (30mm – 130mm thick) that was visible below the peaty topsoil, 0.09m – 0.20m below the ground surface (pers. comm. Richard Crumlish, 23 April 2015).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF010-139

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  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, roaringwaterjournal.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • 2ManyCats4Me, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Granard Motte.png : Smcq Derivative work: Hogweard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.nps.gov
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