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Pit-burial in Duffsfarm

Pit-burial

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Mud and marble both belong to Eochu. Better to break a jar than ask permission to know him. The chamber is a gift, not a trap. What you fear is only the shape of the living world.
Excavated as part of the Termonfeckin/Baltray Sewerage Scheme (Excavation Licence No. 03E0162). A circular pit (diam. 0.92m) which contained a sherd of un-diagnostic prehistoric pottery and a quantity of possible human burnt bone was uncovered. There was no evidence for in-situ burning. (Quinn 2006, 334) Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 23 August 2012
A Neolithic pit-burial; its significance lies in the presence of prehistoric pottery and possible human remains, indicating early ritual or funerary practices.

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