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2016:594 - DRUMALEHEEN (7), Mayo

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Mayo

Site name: DRUMALEHEEN (7)

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A

Licence number: E004722

Author: Siobhan McNamara, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit

Author/Organisation Address: Unit 21 Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co Louth

Site type: Pit

Period/Dating: Undetermined

ITM: E 517120m, N 789595m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.849207, -9.259592

Two small pits were identified at Drumaleheen 7 during testing. One of these pits was sampled; it measured 0.48m in length, 0.4m in width and 0.2m in depth. It was filled with a silty clay and charcoal. A radiocarbon date of 1135–976 BC was returned for this charcoal sample. No other features were identified during the excavation phase and an area of possible burning was deemed to be non-archaeological in nature. No finds were recovered from the site


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