Cremation pit in Carn More, County Louth

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Excavated as part of the Dundalk Western by-pass project (Excavation Licence No. 03E0867). The remains of one cremated adult female were uncovered in an oval pit (L 0.82m; Wth 0.61m; D 0.31m). The excavator suggested that it was probably associated with the Bronze Age Habitation site (LH004-139----) situated c. 20m to the E. (Delaney 2006, 340), (Delaney 2009, 18). References: Delaney, S. 2006 Carn More, Faughart Neolithic; Ringfort and Man-made underground passage. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 340 (No. 1272). Bray. Wordwell Delaney, S. 2009 M1 Dundalk Western by-pass site 124: Carn More 1 chainage 24.350-24.550 NGR: 304357 / 310846, Final report on behalf of Louth County Council and the National Roads Authority Licence. Unpublished Report, DAHG 03E0867, Irish Archaeological Consultancy.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH004-140

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