County: Mayo Site name: Drumaleheen 4
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E004719
Author: Siobhan McNamara
Site type: Burnt stone spread
Period/Dating: —
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.
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