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Burnt pit in Lusk

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During monitoring of a residential development in Lusk in 2002 a sub-circular pit was uncovered. It had steep sloping sides (L 1.1m E-W, Wth 0.92m N-S, D 0.35m) and contained a Grooved Ware pot, flint waste flakes and a small quantity of bone (Mc Cabe 2004, 176).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU008-065

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Eirian Evans, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • JacK93, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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