MULTI-PERIOD OCCUPATION SITE & BURNT MOUNDS (Fulachta Fiadh)

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MULTI-PERIOD OCCUPATION SITE & BURNT MOUNDS (Fulachta Fiadh) - Late Mesolithic & Late Bronze Age - excavated as part of Gas Pipeline Project. Recorded period: BRONZE AGE; PREHISTORIC; MESOLITHIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Multi-period occupation site with burnt mounds (fulacht fiadh) dating to the Late Mesolithic and Late Bronze Age. The site provides evidence of long-term human activity and domestic or ritual use of heat-treated stone features in a landscape with limited prior archaeological documentation.