What is recorded here

Death once wore many masks, but pit-burial remained the oldest language. People dug shallow holes, placed what they loved or feared, and covered it with earth. The chamber disappeared, yet memory kept its shape. When others forgot the name, the dead still occupied the land.

During archaeological test-trenching in advance of a housing development, a pit (diam. 0.28m; D 0.15m) was discovered. The pit contained a dark charcoal-rich fill with inclusions of cremated bone. A piece of limestone appears to define the northern edge of the pit. The pit shares similar characteristics with two other pit-burials (CO087-135----; CO087-140----) found in the vicinity. (Sherlock 2002, 13) 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 Neolithic pit-burial; significant for containing cremated bone and charcoal-rich fill, indicative of early funerary practices in the region.

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