County: Donegal Site name: MOUNTCHARLES 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 11E0008
Author: Frantisek Zak Matyasowszky
Site type: Burnt spread
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 585701m, N 878011m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.650082, -8.221559
The site was discovered during Stage (i) testing along the route of the proposed N56 Mountcharles–Inver Road Scheme in 2010. It contained one burnt spread with a maximum length of 4.4m, a maximum width of 2.9m and a maximum depth of 0.05m. The burnt spread was an irregular oval deposit of silty clay with occasional charcoal and some heat-shattered stones. No cut was detected. No artefacts or dating material were retrieved.
There is a possibility that the burnt spread extends beyond the limits of the road scheme CPO and that the excavated area is only a small part of further possible burnt mound activity.
This project was funded by Donegal County Council and the National Roads Authority and it took place in February 2011.
National Roads Authority, St Martin’s House, Waterloo Road, Dublin 4
