Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Cloongownagh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloongownagh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.94986, -8.14760
- SMR number
- RO007-099001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a level landscape. It was identified in monitoring (03E1374) a road project in 2003 (Gannon 2004, 7, sites 8) and completely excavated (04E0375) (Carroll 2007a). This is a rectangular pit (dims 4m x 1.1m; D 0.3m) containing charred organic material, which provided a C14 date of AD 650-870, with a fire-reddened clay edge. It may be part of a corn-drying kiln. A working area (dims c. 7m x c. 4m) just to the E had shallow ditches and was covered in fragments of baked clay. When excavated the pit proved to have been re-cut once. The excavated feature (RO007-099002-) is c. 100m to the W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Gannon, S. 2004 Monitoring Report. N4 Hughestown to Meera road project. Roscommon County Council/National Roads Authority. Gannon Jennings Archaeology. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Licence no. 03E1374.
Carroll, J. 2004a N4 Hughestown to Meera road project, Co. Roscommon. Site 8, Cloongownagh. Excavation report. Licence No. 04E0375. Unpublished report, Judith Carroll and Company
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