What is recorded here
Excavated as part of the Dundalk Western by-pass project (Excavation Licence No. 04E0817). A patchy spread (L 7m; Wth 7m; max. D 0.4m) of burnt stone set in a burnt silty sand under which lay a sub-oval trough (L 1.5m; Wth 1m) and a possible post-hole or pit. (Hayes 2007, 267)
Reference:
Hayes A. 2007 Site 33, Newtownbalregan Fulacht fiadh' in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 267 (No. 1119). Bray. Wordwell.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 8 December 2011
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- What survives
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