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Furnace in Richardstown (ardee By., Richardstown Par.)

Furnace
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Excavation here (Excavation Licence No. 99E0526) showed bronze working activity had cut into an earlier house (LH017-113----), apparently of Neolithic date. The Bronze Age features included 'a quatrefoil-shaped furnace with four flues and a vent, an irregular, bowl-shaped furnace, two large roasting pits and three pits filled with ash and charcoal-rich soil. Bronze slag and a number of sherds of coarseware pottery were found in the fill of the furnace' (Byrnes 2000, 222). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 29 June 2012

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