Field boundary in Buddaghauns

In pasture, on a S-facing slope. In the 1940s a bronze shears (L c. 0.18m) was discovered during turf cutting at the base of an 'old drain' which was located at a point 'just below the bottom level of the peat' (O'Kelly 1946, 65). O'Kelly suggests that the shears was knocked out from a higher level and dropped down to the point where it was found, when the drain was being dug (ibid.). The presence of the drain is indicative of a prebog field system, the extent of which is not known. There are no visible remains of the drain and the field in which it was discovered has been reclaimed. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011