What is recorded here

Excavation in County Cork, Ireland revealed a small subcircular pit containing cremated red deer antler, dated to 1120-750 cal. BC. The pit lay within an early medieval rectangular enclosure, suggesting the place held value across centuries. A person may have buried the antler as an offering, a marker, or a gift to the land. The bypass construction exposed what patience and observation could still recover.

Excavation in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass revealed a simple, earth-cut, subcircular pit (diam. 0.36m; D 0.25m) containing cremated red deer antler. The pit was situated within an early medieval rectangular enclosure (CO044-073007-). A charcoal sample taken from among the antler remains was radiocarbon dated to 1120-750 cal. BC (Cotter 2006c, 24). (Cotter 2006a, 34-5; 2006c) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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