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Burnt spread in Ballybur Upper

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Located c. 60m N of a NW-SE flowing stream. Identified as a, 'spread of charcoal and burnt clay, probably part of a fulacht fiadh' during the construction of the Cork-Dublin gas pipeline (Sleeman 1983, 365-6).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK023-051

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