What is recorded here
On a low hill in undulating pasture. A bowl-shaped iron-smelting furnace was identified in 2008 during archaeological test-trenching (Excavation Licence no. 08E0861) on the proposed route of the N5 Longford bypass (Hull 2009, 6). The furnace was characterised by red oxidised clay, frequent charcoal inclusions, iron…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF013-145
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