County: Mayo Site name: BEHY AND CARRONAGLOGH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: Dr Michael Herity and Mr Séamus Caulfield, Department of Archaeology, U.C.D.
Site type: Field system
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 504958m, N 840015m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.300047, -9.460165
Investigations were carried out at sites in these townlands with the object of assessing the nature and extent of pre-bog stone field-fences which had been discovered in a survey conducted by Dr Herity and Mr Caulfield. An extensive pattern of fields averaging five acres in area was indicated at both sites. Wall height was normally about 1 metre. Pollen and soil analysis was also undertaken. A preliminary note on the results of a survey by questionnaire initiated some years ago will be published shortly in J.R.S.A.I. In the meantime a five-year plan of investigation on sites discovered in the West of Ireland is being conducted.
