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In lowlying flat ground bordering the W bank of the River Moy. There was a burial ground (MA039-107003-), later used as a children's burial ground (MA039-107----), located c. 40m to S.
This metal-working site was discovered during archaeological testing (03E0139) in advance of a road construction project on the N26; it was subsequently fully excavated (Nolan 2008, 89-101). A cluster of features were uncovered providing evidence of ore extraction and smelting, including three furnace pits with fills of charcoal-rich soil mixed with iron slag, and associated spreads of burnt material and slag. Radiocarbon dates indicated that the metal-working site was in use in the Iron Age: One of the furnace pits, with stone-lined sides and a flat slab forming the base, dated to the period 477-210 BC, and another pit produced dates in the range 166 BC-25 AD (Nolan 2008, 99).
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 14 April 2020
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