County: Cork Site name: BRIGOWN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: CO019-164---- Licence number: 03E1153
Author: Niamh O’Callaghan, for Eachtra Archaeological Projects
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 582387m, N 611857m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.258139, -8.257991
Following testing in advance of development, the remains of fulacht fiadh type material were revealed at a development site located c. 1km south-east of Mitchelstown, in the townland of Brigown.
Four stake-holes and a layer of typical fulacht-type material (F2) were excavated. F2 was black, charcoal-rich silt with 50% heat-shattered stones, covered an area 3m by 2m and was 0.08m thick. Four stake-holes were recorded below this layer. They were similar in form and fill, and in general were circular with vertical sides and a rounded base. They all had one fill of mid-brown sandy clay with flecks of charcoal and their average dimensions were 70mm by 65mm by 140mm. No evidence for a mound, hearth or trough was recorded.
3 Canal Place, Tralee, Co. Kerry
