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Burnt mound in Carrowgilpatrick,cloonakeemoge

Burnt mound

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Burnt mound (fulacht fia), likely dating to the Bronze Age. These features were commonly used for cooking or processing activities and are significant for understanding early settlement and land use in the region.

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In wet pasture, located in soft boggy ground adjacent to a NE-SW stream/drain on the W side of a flat-bottomed valley. One of several fulachtaí fia and burnt mounds which occur over a distance of 1.5km along the base of the valley. A surface spread (8m NE-SW; c. 8m NW-SE) of burnt stone and charcoal is truncated at S by a NE-SW field drain (Wth 1.2m). A layer (L 8m NE-SW; D 1m) of burnt mound material is visible in section in both sides of the drain. On the SE side of the drain, mound material underlies a field wall (Wth c. 1.5m), which flanks the drain and serves as the townland boundary. A drain also borders the SE side of the field wall in Cloonakeemoge townland. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 May 2011
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