County: Roscommon Site name: Toobrackan 3
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 10E0382
Author: James Kyle, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120b Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Possible cooking pit
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 562866m, N 796319m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.914916, -8.565225
Toobrackan 3 was discovered during a second phase of testing undertaken in 2010 (see No. 563 above, 10E0299) along the proposed N5 Ballaghaderreen bypass. The Stage (iii) excavation work was undertaken between 11 and 12 October 2010.
One pit was excavated at the site. It was subcircular with steep sides and a flat base. It was filled with a friable sandy clay with some heat-shattered stone and charcoal. It may have functioned as a cooking pit.
