What is recorded here

Situated on an E-facing slope of Gibbet Hill. Archaeological testing (05E0421) in an area of c. 10 ha identified a pit (diam. 0.47-0.54m; D 0.22m) with a larger pit (diam. 1.9-2.1m; D 0.25m) containing charcoal and cut in an oxidised subsoil c. 15m to the ENE. A third pit (diam. 0.33m; D 8cm) was adjacent to the largest pit. (Gleeson 2008) Gleeson, C. (2008) Bowes Head, Gibbet Hill, Gracedieu. Testing. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 363, No. 1493. Wordwell. Dublin. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 August 2010

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