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Fulacht fia in Oghambaun

Fulacht fia

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In wet pasture, bordering a broad expanse of flat bogland that stretches to S and SE. A low oblong grass-covered rise (7.6m NW-SE; c. 4m NE-SW; H 0.35m) of heat-shattered stones and dark soil. The SE end is truncated by an E-W field drain. A fulacht fia (SL038-139001-) lies 8m to NNE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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