County: Roscommon Site name: Bockagh 2
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 10E0377
Author: James Kyle, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120b Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 560003m, N 797634m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.926517, -8.608964
Bockagh 2 was identified as a burnt mound during the second phase of testing undertaken (see No. 577 below, 10E0298) within the footprint of the proposed N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass. The Stage (iii) excavation work was undertaken between 27 September and 8 October 2010.
Bockagh 2 comprised a fulacht fiadh site. It was represented by a mound of heat-shattered stone that sealed a timber-lined trough. The site was situated at c. 150m OD. The surrounding topography comprised undulating bogland drained by small watercourses, with Bockagh Hill rising to the north. The site was located within proximity to other burnt mounds forming a cluster (Bockagh 1, 3 and 4; No. 564 above and Nos 566–7 below).
