2016:596 - Drummindoo 2, Mayo

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Mayo Site name: Drummindoo 2

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E004724

Author: Ian Russell

Site type: Charcoal pit and spread

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 501395m, N 785015m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.805318, -9.497027

A charcoal spread (F3) measuring 2.4m by 2m with a depth of 0.1m was identified at Drummindoo 2. A small pit (F4) which was oval in plan was also recorded. It measured 1m by 0.87m with a depth of 0.3m. Soil samples were taken from the site and radiocarbon analysis of any charcoal present should provide a date range for the use of this site. No finds were recovered from the archaeological features.

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