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Habitation site in Blessington Demesne

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A circular mound excavated by Roe (1946, 1-13). This mound (diam. c. 10m; H 0.6m) was surrounded by a shallow ditch (Wth. c. 1m; D 0.25m) and was likely to have been constructed as an 18thC/19thC landscape feature, together with four more which are not described. Earlier material was discovered in the immediate vicinity of the excavated mound - 13/14C pottery, 16th/17C pottery (as well as 18C and 19C material). Listed as a 'cemetery mound' in the SMR (1986) and the RMP (1995) at an erroneous location immediately to the W of 'The Piper's Stones' (WI005-014----). This revised location is the one indicated by Roe (ibid.). Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 04 December 2012

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