County: Mayo Site name: Doogary 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E004711
Author: Leo Morohan
Site type: Burnt stone spread
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 517295m, N 790385m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.856332, -9.257146
A burnt stone spread was identified during testing in 2015 along the route of the N5 Westport to Turlough Road Project. Excavation was undertaken in 2016 and confirmed the presence of a burnt stone spread measuring 4m north-south by 6m. Excavation revealed that a number of possible pits/spreads were in fact shallow depressions in the subsoil. There was no evidence of a trough and no finds were recovered. Soil and environmental samples were taken from the spread and radiocarbon analysis of any charcoal present should provide a date range for the use of this site.
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