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Situated on a slight N-facing slope. This is an area of rock outcrop which was exploited as a source of rhyolite. Excavations (E000348) by D. Henson in 1986 recovered over 10,000 artefacts including cores, blades, flakes, roughouts and retouched tools as well as debitage (Green et al. 1987, 35). Archaeological testing…

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Situated on a slight N-facing slope. This is an area of rock outcrop which was exploited as a source of rhyolite. Excavations (E000348) by D. Henson in 1986 recovered over 10,000 artefacts including cores, blades, flakes, roughouts and retouched tools as well as debitage (Green et al. 1987, 35). Archaeological testing (96E0360) by Orla Scully c. 70m to the N produced some flint debitage but no features (Scully 1997f). Green, S. W., Moore, J. and Zvelebil, M. (1987) Fornaght Strand, Monvoy and Knockavelish; Mesolithic /Neiolithic sites, in C. Cotter (Ed.) Excavations 1986: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 34-5. Wordwell. Dublin. Scully, O.M.B. (1997e) Monvoy, Tramore. Prehistoric. in I. Bennett Excavations 1996: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 111, No 389. Wordwell. Bray.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA026-078

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