County: Sligo Site name: Sheerevagh 3
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E004843; Ministerial Direction No.: A071
Author: Lydia Cagney
Site type: Burnt mound and associated features
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 575043m, N 815620m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.089073, -8.381467
Stage (iii) archaeological excavation was carried out at Sheerevagh 3 in advance of the N4 Collooney to Castlebaldwin Road Development, Co. Sligo. The site was discovered during Stage (i) archaeological testing and was assessed during Stage (ii) Pre-Excavation Services (Registration Number E4627).
Sheerevagh 3 consisted of five burnt mounds with a number of burnt mound spreads and isolated pits within a localised area. It is possible that at least two phases of activity are present on site. Mound B and all the small spreads of burnt mound material were found below the peat only. Mound A had layers that were present above and below the natural peat. Three of the mounds exist above the peat only.
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