What is recorded here

Melt water carries red clay and silt into the bar, smoothing every angle until the room feels like the inside of a living thing. The pit is no longer visible, but its small circle of heat and memory remains beneath the new road, waiting for rain to call it back.

Excavated in advance of construction of the N9/N10 Kilcullen-Waterford Road (Excavation Licence number E2620). A pit (diam. 0.5m; D 0.1m) containing burnt bone. Osteological analysis of the bone confirmed it to be a token cremation burial mostly from the cranium of one individual. A calibrated radiocarbon date of 1116-917 BC was obtained from this. (Hackett L. and Hanbridge R. 2009, 5) Reference: Hackett L. and Hanbridge R. (2009) N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Kilcullen to Powerstown. Archaeological Services Contract No. 4 - Resolution, Prumpelstown to Powerstown. Final Report on archaeological investigations at site E2620, in the townland of Ballybar Lower, Co. Carlow. Unpublished report, Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd., Cork Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 10 November 2010

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