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Excavation

Excavation, miscellaneous

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Excavation is an excavation, miscellaneous in Ballintober, County Roscommon, Ireland. Testing twenty metres south of the castle’s southwest angle revealed a paved east-west path and a shallow pit, while adjacent areas further south and west produced no archaeological material.
Archaeological testing (00E0763) c. 20m S of the SW angle of the castle revealed a section of an E-W paved path (L 3.6m E-W; Wth 0.6m) and a pit (diam. c. 1.25m; D 0.5m) (RO027-048015-) (Grant 2003a; 2006), but archaeological testing (00E0762; 02E0310) of adjacent areas further S and W produced no archaeological material (Grant 2003b; 2006; Zajac 2004). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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