County: Mayo Site name: FRIARS GROUND, Annagh
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 93:63 Licence number: 03E1556
Author: Richard Gillespie
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 510549m, N 787602m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.830213, -9.358847
Monitoring of a path development within the protected area of ecclesiastical remains, earthwork(s), abbey, house, burial ground, tomb and cross identified a burnt mound of a probable fulacht fiadh at the base of a 0.5m-wide trench c. 0.5m below the surface, for a length of 2.2m. As the development will not impact on the site, it was preserved in situ. Some minor works are due to be completed in 2004.
Westport Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
