Burnt spread in Ballymackeamore, County Limerick

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This site was examined by Kate Taylor (02E0626) as part of Bord Gáis Éireann's Pipeline to the West. 'A single spread of material was excavated immediately to the west of a complex of prehistoric features and was probably part of the same focus of activity (No. 1108 above, BGE 3/66/9-10, 02E0625). The deposit was an irregular oval in plan, measuring 1.5m by 0.8m, and occupied a shallow (0.09m) depression in the natural geological deposits. The material was a dark brown/black, silty clay with a large charcoal component and a moderate amount of heat-cracked stone. The only artefacts recovered were two pieces of animal bone, one almost complete and the other a small burnt fragment. A large quantity of charcoal was recovered from a sieved sample, including several sizeable charred twig fragments that will be suitable for species identification and radiocarbon dating.' The above description is posted on the web at the following internet address: http://www.excavations.ie/ (accessed 22 August 2012).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI030-146

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