County: Waterford Site name: CARRIGANARD (Area 6)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E1176
Author: Colm Moloney, Headland Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 659230m, N 611828m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.254977, -7.132460
As part of the predevelopment assessment of the archaeological potential of the Waterford Outer Ring Road, a series of trenches was excavated within the proposed land-take of the route. Area 6 was highlighted in the environmental impact statement as an area of higher potential, with the presence of a possible enclosure and a possible fulacht fiadh. Testing confirmed the presence of a mound of burnt stones, interpreted as a fulacht fiadh, with a diameter of c. 20m. No evidence was recovered for the presence of archaeological activity at the other site.
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