2016:591 - DRUMALEHEEN (4), Mayo
County: Mayo
Site name: DRUMALEHEEN (4)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: E004719
Author: Siobhan McNamara, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 21 Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co Louth
Site type: Burnt spread
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 517196m, N 789694m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.850108, -9.258464
Four possible pits cut into the natural subsoil were identified at Drumaleheen 4. The first pit (F03) was oval in plan and measured 0.5m by 0.5m with a depth of 0.12m. Pit (F04) was similar in size to (F03) and it contained a dark brown silty clay. A sample taken from one of the pits during the testing phase returned a radiocarbon date of 1209–979 BC. The fourth (largest) pit was found to represent modern root activity. No finds were recovered from the archaeological features.