Pit-burial in Ballinaspig More

In relatively even terrain c. 80m E of Twopot River, a cremation pit was uncovered during archaeological monitoring for the N22 Ballincollig Bypass. The subcircular pit (0.56m x 0.5m; D 0.12m) contained a fill of dark brown/black silty clay with a small quantity of poorly preserved cremated bone and two sherds of pottery. The sherds have been identified as Western Neolithic ware and a radiocarbon date from alder charcoal from the pit provided a date of 3960-3700 BC. (Danaher 2004m, 54-5; Danaher and Cagney 2004c). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

A cremation pit burial, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with funerary practices involving cremation and inhumation of ashes in a small subcircular pit. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of burial customs and settlement patterns in the wider Munster region during the Bronze Age.