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Burnt mound in Moher (mohill By., Roosky Ed)

Burnt mound

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Situated on a fairly level landscape. First identified in centre-line testing (05E0983) for a new line of the N4 (O’Connor et al. 2005, 37), and later fully resolved (E003305) as a part of Moher 5. This is a spread of burnt sandstone (dims 3.8m x 3m; max. D 0.08m) in a natural depression, from which a fragment of chert debitage was recovered. Burnt mound (LE035-013002-) is c. 12m to the ESE. (Collins and O’Connor 2008, 13-14; Collins 2009) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 January 2020 O’Connor, D. J., Marta Muniz Pérez and Sheelagh Conran 2005 N4 Dromod-Roosky Bypass. Advance Archaeological Works Contract Licence No. 05E0983 Preliminary Report. Unpublished, CRDS

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