County: Laois Site name: CORRAUN (2)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A015/127, E2236
Author: Ed Danaher, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Site type: Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 632042m, N 684922m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.914183, -7.523584
This site was located within Contract 2 of the proposed M7 Portlaoise to Castletown/M8 Portlaoise to Cullahill motorway scheme and was identified during advance testing by Robert O’Hara (Excavations 2005, No. 859, A015/029). Full resolution occurred in April 2006. Corraun 2 comprised the remnants of a relatively large fulacht fiadh consisting of a sizeable spread of burnt-mound material and three troughs, two of which contained traces of timber lining above the base; these two sub-oval troughs also had hearths located beside them. The third trough was rectangular in shape and contained a post-hole in each of its four corners, suggesting that it may originally have contained a timber trough. A number of other associated pits as well as a modern drainage ditch were also uncovered.
No artefacts were found in association with any of the features/deposits exposed on site. Soil, wood, charcoal, burnt stone, shell and animal-bone samples currently await analysis.
21 Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda
