Structure

The National Monuments Service's description

Towards the bottom of a SW-facing slope. Archaeological excavation (E3269)) during 2007 at Ardagawna 2 as part of the Athlone to Ballinasloe M6 road development revealed a semicircular arc of stakeholes (diam. c. 2m E-S-W) open to the N, which may have formed a temporary shelter. A small pit (dims 1.35m NW-SE; 0.65m NE-SW; D 0.09m) 4m to the N provided a C14 date of Cal. BC 759-416. A subcircular pit (dims 4.1m NE-SW; 3.1m NW-SE; D 0.85m) c . 5m to the SW is interpreted as a roasting pit and was filled with burnt mound material, probably from fulacht fia (RO052-032001-) which is c. 25m to the SW. A sample from the pit produced a C14 date of Cal. BC 723-402. (Ó Séaghdha 2010b; 2010e, 7-8)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Amended: 25 November, 2013

References

Ó Séaghdha, L. 2010b Ardagawna 2. Fulacht fia. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 288-9, No. 841. Dublin. Wordwell.

Ó Séaghdha, L. 2010e N6 Ballinasloe–Athlone National Road Scheme. Final report on the archaeological excavation of a burnt mound and associated features in the townland of Ardagawna, Co. Roscommon. E3269, Ardagowna 2. Valerie J. Keeley Ltd. PDF report available on CD-ROM in N. Jackman, C. Moore and C. Rynne 2013 The Mill at Kilbegly: an archaeological investigation on the route of the M6 Ballinasloe to Athlone national road scheme. NRA Scheme Monographs 12. Dublin. National Roads Authority.