2025:728 - Mullenmore North 3, Crossmolina, Mayo
County: Mayo
Site name: Mullenmore North 3, Crossmolina
Sites and Monuments Record No.: Not Applicable
Licence number: 25E0273
Author: Bruce Sutton, Rubicon Archaeology Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: The Glen Distillery Business Park, Old Whitechurch Road, Kilnap, Cork, T23 HY01
Site type: Burnt mound with associated pits
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 513631m, N 816681m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.091969, -9.320272
Excavation at Mullenmore North 3 was undertaken as part of the River Deel (Crossmolina) Flood Relief Scheme, Archaeological Consultancy Services Contract. The excavation was carried out on behalf of, and funded by, the Office of Public Works.
The excavation was undertaken in two areas, Mullenmore North 3A (MN3A) and Mullenmore North 3B (MN3B). The excavated features at MN3A comprised of pits, burnt deposits and one furrow. MN3B was a truncated burnt mound, consisting of one pit, two furrows, two deposits and one trough. Analysis of the findings from the excavation will allow a more in-depth discussion for the final report. Radiocarbon dating of select samples will aid in determining the date range for the activities at both areas. However, it is expected that the burnt mound activity will be prehistoric in date, between the Late Neolithic and Iron Age.