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Burnt mound in Abbey West

Burnt mound
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On a gentle S-facing slope of rough grazing and outcropping rock from which numerous small spring wells emerge. Immediately NW of a fulacht fia (CL003-028001-). A low rectangular grass-covered mound of burnt stone (overall dims. 9m NW–SE x 4m; max. H 0.9m). A small spring well enclosed by low drystone walling lies 2m to its N. Another burnt mound (CL003-028003-) lies c. 10m SW and another fulacht fia (CL003-028002-) is c. 50m N. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 15 December 2020

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