Cremation pit in Lusk, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

This site was excavated prior to development of a housing estate (Licence no. 02E1031). A sub-oval cremation pit (1m N-S x 0.75m E-W) contained a basal layer of charcoal and inclusions of burnt bone (McCabe 2003, 6).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU008-100

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