2012:430 - MAYO–Various Townlands, Mayo
County: Mayo
Site name: MAYO–Various Townlands
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 11E0145
Author: Bernard Guinan
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 532856m, N 797436m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.921927, -9.022204
Works continued on this group water scheme project (see report in Excavations 2011) which involved pipelaying centred on four area—Callow, Meelick, Bohola and Kilasser in central Co. Mayo. In addition to the sites reported on previously, four addition fulachta fiadh were discovered during the monitoring of ground works on the later stages of the scheme. These sites were identified in the following townlands:
Townland Eastings Northings
Newcastle 132, 900.97 297,417.35
Meelick 133, 299.18 297,583.65
Doonty 135,732.63 307,275.12
Cuildoo 134,125.00 303,277.00
The sites were recorded and their positions mapped and preserved in situ. Samples were taken for radiocarbon dating.