2025:730 - Mullenmore North 5, Mayo
County: Mayo
Site name: Mullenmore North 5
Sites and Monuments Record No.: Not Applicable
Licence number: 25E0352
Author: Bruce Sutton, Rubicon Archaeology Limited
Author/Organisation Address: The Glen Distillery Business Park, Old Whitechurch Road, Kilnap, Cork, T23 HY01
Site type: Burnt Spread and associated features
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 514148m, N 816624m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.091543, -9.312355
Excavation at Mullenmore North 5 (MN5) 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 excavated features at MN5 comprised of one pit, two spreads of washed-out burnt mound material, one field drain and a plough furrow. It is expected that the burnt mound activity will be prehistoric in date, between the Late Neolithic and Iron Age, and that the drain and furrow are post-medieval/early modern. Radiocarbon dating of select samples will aid in determining the date range for the activity.