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diagnostic furnace bottoms, or tuyères fragments were recovered from any of the excavated
features within or outside the possible enclosure.
There was no direct evidence for the occupation of the enclosure in the form of houses,
structural features or hearths though such evidence might be located further east in the
monuments interior. No artefactual dating evidence was recovered and the excavated
features were devoid of finds or faunal remains. The charcoal from the excavated features
was too highly contaminated to provide a radiocarbon date though an early medieval date
was suggested for the site.
Fig. 61: Plan of excavation at Brigown, Co. Cork (after Carroll 2005).
References:
Carroll, M. 2003:0178. Brigown, Co. Cork. www. excavations.ie
Carroll, M. 2005. Archaeological Excavation at Brigown, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork (03E1153).
Unpublished report for John Purcell Archaeological Consultancy.
O’Callaghan, N. 2003a. Test Excavation and Monitoring Report, Brigown, Mitchelstown, Co.
Cork (03E0972). Unpublished Report for Eachtra.
O’Callaghan, N. 2003b. Archaeological Excavation Report, Brigown, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork
(03E1153). Unpublished Report for Eachtra.
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