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Burnt mound in Shanacoole

Burnt mound
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Located on a gentle S-facing slope at the bottom of a steeper S-facing slope, and c. 400m NE of where an E-W stream enters the estuary of the River Blackwater. It was excavated (E3570) as the W part of Area 6 during 2006 on the S side of the existing road as part of the N25 road re-alignment scheme. This was a shallow spread of broken and burnt stone (dims. 9m x 8m; T 0.1m) with no associated features. Burnt mound (WA037-057----) is c. 80m to the E. (Hegarty 2007c, 18) Hegarty, L. (2007c) N25 Kilsalebeg Realignment. Final report on archaeological and paleoenvironmental investigations in the townlands of Shancoole and Pillotown, Co. Waterford. Headland Archaeology Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 07 October 2011

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