What is recorded here

Yes. Half a league further east, a golf course was cutting through soil that had kept its shape since the Neolithic. Men in hard hats stood beside holes dug by hands so old they had no name, and for a moment the course stopped being a course. It became a room where the dead had set furniture. The machines went quiet. Not from orders, but from surprise.

A number of prehistoric pits and postholes were exposed immediately to the E of 'Round O Rath' (CW006-001----) during the development of a golf-course in 2006 (Excavation Licence number 06E0499). These features were preserved in situ. (McLoughlin C. 2009, 43). Monitoring in 2007 exposed further pits and post-holes which were excavated. Initial analysis of these suggested they were of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date. (McLoughlin C. 2010, 21) Reference: McLoughlin, C. (2010),Carrickduff Prehistoric. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 21 (101). Bray. Wordwell Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 10 November 2010

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