Pit-burial in Fermoy, County Cork

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What is recorded here

At the foot of a steep N-facing slope, a pit-burial was uncovered during archaeological testing in advance of construction along the route of the proposed N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass (O'Connell 2006h, 59). Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO035-132

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