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Pit-burial in Ballyknock

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Uncovered during archaeological excavation of the N8 Cashel bypass. A pit (diam. 0.43m; D 0.38m) containing frequent inclusions of burnt bone and charcoal was found under a field boundary (McKinstry 2004, 11-12, 20). A radiocarbon date of 3460±70 BP/2940-1610 cal. BC was obtained for the cremation (Fairburn 2006, 457).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS061-155

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