County: Mayo Site name: Claggarnagh East 2/3
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E004693
Author: Siobhan McNamara
Site type: Burnt stone spread
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 508913m, N 786800m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.822724, -9.383454
An intact burnt stone mound was identified at Claggarnagh East 2/3. The mound continued outside the road-take with only about one third of the mound inside the fenceline available for excavation. A number of more recent stone drains were also exposed. The burnt stone spread (F03) measured 8.5m in length by 4.5m in width and survived to a maximum height of 0.6m. Only the section inside the road-take was excavated. No features were exposed below the spread and it is possible that a trough or similar features survive outside the road-take. The remaining features on the site were confirmed as representing modern or tree root activity. No finds were recovered from this site.
Post-excavation analysis is ongoing and it is hoped to obtain dating evidence from radiocarbon analysis of charcoal samples recovered.
Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit, Unit 21 Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co Louth
