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Fulacht fia

Raheenagurren West, County Wexford, Ireland

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Townland
Raheenagurren West
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.66105, -6.27862
SMR number
WX012-034005-

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The National Monuments Service's description

Excavated (E3490) during 2005 by T. Breen as part of Site 26 at Raheenagurren West, which was one of the excavations undertaken in advance of the construction of the N11 Arklow-Gorey link-road. Situated in a low-lying, flood-prone area which had an ancient NW-SE water course (Wth c. 5.5m; D 0.6m) running through it. A kidney-shaped mound of broken and burnt stone (Feature 3) (dims. 10.8m x 7m; max. T 0.4m) overlay a rectangular trough (dims. 2.1m x 1.71m; max. D 0.53m) with a flat bottom that had 15 stake-holes concentrated in the corners. A smaller oval trough (dims. 0.77m x 0.58m; D 0.1m) was nearby. The burnt mound produced 25 pieces of debitage together with medieval and post-medieval pottery. Fulacht fia (WX012-034004-) is immediately to the W. (Breen 2008a, 2008, 6-7.)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 13 April, 2012

References

Breen, T. C. 2008a Site 26, Raheenagurren West. Burnt mounds, corn-drying kilns. in Bennett, I. (ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 409, No. 1669. Wordwell, Dublin.

Breen, T. C. 2008 N11 Gorey to Arklow link: Preliminary Report E3490 A003/044 Site 26, Raheenagurren West, Co. Wexford. Unpublished report: V. J. Keeley Ltd.

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