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Situated on a low-lying landscape with a canalised N-S stream c. 20m to the W. Discovered in centre-line testing for the re-alignment of the R 708 Airport road, and completely excavated (07E0739) (Harte 2010). This is a circular mound (diam. 10m x 9.5m; T 0.2m) of broken and burnt stones overlying a shallow rectangular trough (dims. 2.6m x 1.7m; max. D 0.22m) lined with fragments of wood. Fulacht fia (WA017-138001-) is c. 80m to the N on the other side of the stream. The mound partly survives outside the road corridor at W. (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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