What is recorded here

Excavation is a small burnt pit in County Cork, discovered in 1986 while building the Bruff-Mallow gas pipeline. It measured 2.3 metres by 0.9 metres, sloped gently to a rounded base, and held charcoal, barley residue, oat and wheat remains. The pit may have served an ordinary household, marking a place where food was prepared, waste was discarded and fire changed the soil.

Discovered in 1986 during construction of Bruff-Mallow gas pipeline (Gowen 1988, 107-8, site 1/12/1 TR). Isolated oval pit (2.3m x 0.9m; max. D 0.42m) with gently sloping sides and rounded base; base deeper at NE end and heavily burnt in situ, burning overlaid by charcoal-rich fill. Charred plant remains, 'the residue from a six-row hulled barley crop' (ibid.), recovered from fill suggest pit was domestic in function; presence of common cultivated oat and short-grained bread wheat in sample 'suggestive of a late, rather than early, date for this pit' (ibid.). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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