What is recorded here

Excavation is a small pit in County Cork, Ireland, recorded in 2002 when the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass was being prepared. It held Beaker pottery, a flint scraper and flint debitage, and its dates reach back toward 2490-2150 cal. BC. The pit may have marked a household edge, a deposit place or a forgotten corner of a settlement now buried under traffic and time.

A pit was exposed during archaeological testing in 2002 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass in 2002. Subsequent excavation revealed that the pit contained Beaker pottery, a flint scraper and flint debitage. Radiocarbon samples from this pit returned dates of 2490-2190 cal. BC and 2170-2150 cal. BC (pers. comm. T. O'Neill). Two small spreads, possibly associated with the pit, were also excavated. (O'Neill 2006e, 65) 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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