Cremation pit in Coolnaveagh, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Excavated (E3486) during 2005 by E. Moore as part of Site 21 at Coolnaveagh, which was one of the excavations undertaken in advance of the construction of the N11 Arklow-Gorey link-road. Situated on a slight E-facing slope with the canalised N-S Banoge River c. 100m to the E. A single pit (dims 1.23m NW-SE; 1.06m NE-SW; D 0.25m) contained three fills, two of which had cremated bone. The ring-ditch (WX012-033001-) is c. 60m to the WSW, fulacht fia (WX012-034003-) is c. 100m t the ESE and fulacht fia (WX012-034008-) is c. 55m to the NE with the rath (WX012-003----) c. 75m to the NE. (Moore 2008, 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 May, 2012

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX012-033002

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