What is recorded here
Excavated as part of the Dundalk Western by-pass project (Excavation Licence No. 03E0872). A number of pits and features containing charcoal-rich material with minute fragments of charred hazelnuts were uncovered. The excavator suggested that these may be prehistoric in nature. (Halpin 2006, 340)
Reference:
Halpin, B. 2006 Carn More, Pits and associated features. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 340 (No. 1274). Bray. Wordwell
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 18 November 2011
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