County: Sligo Site name: Carrownagark 8
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E004815; Ministerial Direction No.: A071
Author: Brian O'Hara
Site type: Burnt mounds, trough and pits
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 571951m, N 818313m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.113112, -8.428976
Stage (iii) archaeological excavation was carried out at Carrownagark 8 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).
Carrownagark 8 was spread over three fields and recorded the remains of nine shallow burnt mound spreads, three washed-out burnt spreads, one trough with 20 stake-holes at the base, a possible hearth, shallow trough, short gully, linear drainage channel and 16 pits filled with heat-shattered stone in a charcoal-rich matrix. One of the burnt mound spreads contained frequent lithic debitage material and represented a possible lithics working area.
Brian O'Hara, c/o IAC Ltd, Unit G1 Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
