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Feb 9, 2023 โ€ข 7 tweets โ€ข 6 min read
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿงต

As part of works along the N26 Cloongullaun Bridge Realignment Scheme, Co. Mayo, we completed the excavation of a large intact ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ *and* two (2โƒฃ) underlying ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜€!

Read on for more! โคต๏ธ

Clients: @MayoCoCo @TIINews ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ: We discovered a large burnt mound of charcoal and heat shattered stone. The mound was divided into quarters (quadrants) and opposing quadrants excavated to give cross sections across the mound layers. This revealed several similar layers of material.