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Burnt mound in Fauleens (costello By.)

Burnt mound

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Fauleens holds two burnt mounds and a rath within a hundred metres, proving the site suited human ambition long before modern fences. The main mound rises six to eight metres across, built from angular stone fragments trapped in dark brown soil beside a flowing drain. People may have heated water for cooking, cleaning or ritual, then dumped the spent rock into a pile that time forgot.
In pasture, adjacent to a NW flowing drain/stream. This low, irregular rise (diam. 6-8m) is composed of angular stone fragments in dark brown soil. It may be a burnt mound. There is a burnt mound (MA063-061----) c. 40m to NW and a rath (MA063-031----) c. 60m to NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 December 2020
Burnt mound, likely dating to the Bronze Age. These features are associated with domestic or ritual activities, often involving heat-treated stone.

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