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Situated on a low-lying landscape with a N-S canalised stream immediately to the E. Discovered in centre-line testing for the re-alignment of the R 708 Airport road, and completely excavated (07E0739) (Harte 2010). This is a horseshoe-shaped mound (dims. 10m x 10m; T 0.1-0.4m) of broken and burnt stones represents multiple uses of a subrectangular trough (dims. 2.6m x 2.04m; max. D 0.72m) with rounded corners, stakes in the corners and traces of wattle on the sides. Fulacht fia (WA017-138002-) was just to the N and pre-dated this site. (Harte, 2010) Harte, A. (2010) Killure. Fulachta fia. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 515, No. 1820. Wordwell. Dublin. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 January 2011

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Fulacht fia in Killure

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