Excavation

Excavation of 10 pits in Gortatlea and Flemby which was excavated by Frank Coyne in 2000 under licence No. 00E0769, the results of which were summarised as follows; 'Monitoring of the N22 Bealagrellagh to Gortatlea N22 realignment uncovered several pits, a portion of a fulacht fiadh and a ring-barrow, of which only the northern half extended into the area under construction. Ten pits were excavated, all of which contained either charcoal or traces of burning, while one pit produced several sherds of Beaker pottery and a portion of a stone axehead' (Coyne 2002, 146). Its precise location could not be established at this point and it is possible that it is in Flemby townland. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 June 2022