County: Westmeath Site name: ENNISCOFFEY/CARAN (BGE 1B/59/2)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E0924
Author: Bernice Molloy, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 650676m, N 747196m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.472371, -7.236688
This site was on low-lying land near the margins of a shallow boggy area. It was truncated to the east by a field boundary and a land drain (probably an artificially widened stream). The mound appeared to have been considerably disturbed.
The mound measured 8m (east–west) by 6m and had a maximum depth of 0.3m. On excavation, a shallow trough was exposed, measuring 2.2m by 1.2m with a maximum depth of 0.2m. A narrow gully ran into the trough from the east (this may have been fed by the stream). It measured 3.3m (east–west) by 0.3m and was 0.6m deep. A shallow deposit of charcoal lay at the base of the mound and may indicate a temporary hearth.
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