What is recorded here

M1 roadworks uncovered a nine-metre Neolithic house in County Dublin, its wooden frame reduced to a scattered line of shallow postholes beside a forgotten fire pit. It stood only nine metres from a larger neighbour, suggesting a small clustered settlement rather than a lonely cabin. People may have lived there, argued there, or watched the roadcut swallow their home centuries before written memory.

Excavated (Licence no. 01E1074) in advance of the construction of the M1, this monument was one of two Neolithic post-built structures (see also DU012-079001-). This structure (9m x 5-6m) located 9m SE of structure 1 consisted of a line of post and stakeholes (max. 0.3m diam.) and a fire pit (Reilly 2013, 9). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 5 February 2015

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