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Feb 9, 2023 โข 7 tweets โข 6 min read
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As part of works along the N26 Cloongullaun Bridge Realignment Scheme, Co. Mayo, we completed the excavation of a large intact ๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ *and* two (2โฃ) underlying ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐!
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๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ: 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.