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Burnt pit in Cornacreeve (trough By.)

Burnt pit

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Located on an E-facing slope in an undulating landscape with drumlins. Archaeological testing (17E0310) on the line of road improvements to the N2 Monaghan to Emyvale road identified two pits (diam. 0.8m: diam. 0.5m) 1m apart, which were fully excavated under another licence (17E0603) when it transpired that the smaller feature was a natural hollow but the other pit (diam. 0.8m; D 0.12m) contained heat-shattered stone and hazel charcoal, from what is interpreted as a roasting pit. (O’Connell 2017, 2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 January 2020 O’Connell, A. 2017 N2 Monaghan to Emyvale Phase 3: Carrigans (Corracrin) to Emyvale. Testing Report, Stage (I) Services Licence No. 17E0310 unpublished report, Archer Heritage Planning O’Connell, A. 2018 N2 Monaghan to Emyvale Phase 3: Carrigans (Corracrin) to Emyvale. Stage (ii-iii) pre-excavation & excavation services. Licence No. 17E0603 Excavation Report, Cornacreeve. unpublished report, Archer Heritage Planning

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