What is recorded here
Discovered during archaeological monitoring in advance of the construction of the N8 Glanmire-Watergrasshill Bypass and excavated in 2001. Excavation revealed a roughly U-shaped spread of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil (11.6m x 7m: max. D 0.2m) which enclosed a central unlined trough (1.45m x 1.1m; D 0.32m). (Sherlock 2003g, 49).
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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