County: Longford Site name: AGHADEGNAN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 93E0050
Author: John Channing
Site type: Fulacht fiadh
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 613148m, N 775917m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.732746, -7.800733
This site was initially identified by Mr. Peter Danaher of the OPW. The site lies in Aghadegnan townland. c. one mile north-west of Longford Town and was excavated prior to construction of the Longford By-pass. The work was funded by Longford County Council and was part of a project led by Ms Judith Carroll.
Unfortunately a sewage pipe had been dug through the centre of the trough. However, three phases of trough within one extended pit were indicated by the surviving stratigraphy. A quantity of waste stone and charcoal was located to the south of the trough. A second shallow pit located to the north of the trough contained both burnt and unburnt stone.
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