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Fulacht fia in Lagore Little

Fulacht fia

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Situated on a level landscape. Topsoil stripping (02E0194) in advance of a gas pipeline identified a burnt stone spread (BGE: 1A/16/1) that was completely excavated (02E0691). It consisted of a mound of heat-shattered material in interrupted sections (dims 16m N-S; 5.4m E-W) which overlay a two fulachta fia. At the S end a spread of burnt material (dims c. 5.5m x c. 5m) overlay an oval trough (dims 1.2m x 0.9m; max. D 0.23m) which had a small deposit of burnt stone at the bottom. The lithic scatter (ME038-037----) is c. 40m to the W. (Tobin 2003, 3-4; Tobin 2004; Tobin 2007) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 March 2018

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