What is recorded here

Archaeological monitoring (15E0577) by P. Duffy, D. Bayle and J. Whitaker of topsoil stripping over a large area (c. 92 ha.) conducted intermittently between Dec. 2015 and October 2018 uncovered 37 locations of potential archaeological importance (excavations.ie 2016:051). Each of these was further investigated by the same archaeologists under different licences. At Site 9, excavated (16E0118) by D. Bailey (excavations.ie 2016:533), a small pit (diam. 0.6m; D 0.08m) had a single fill of mid to dark grey clay with a high level of charcoal that was dominated by alder with some fruitwood. A fragment of alder charcoal provided a C14 date of 1053-1263 cal. AD (FTMC-HR36-4). (Duffy et. al. 2021, 30) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: d26 April, 2023 Duffy, P., Fairhead, S. & F. Fleeshouven 2021 Final Excavation Report for Sites 3-37, Clonee, Portan, Gunnocks, Co. Meath. Multiple licences, Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy

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