What is recorded here

Excavated in 2007/8 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme (Licence no. E3865). A shallow pit within one of three circular structures (KK020-103---- Structure 2 dated to 1690-1515 cal BC) contained 332.2g of burnt human bone representing one individual. The burial appeared to have been subject to some form of post-depositional disturbance prior to excavation. (Elliot 2010, 233, no. 878; Elliot and Coughlan 2012) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 6 November 2013

A Neolithic pit-burial, dating to approximately 1690–1515 cal BC. Its significance lies in its association with early funerary practices and settlement patterns in the region during the Neolithic period.

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