What is recorded here

Death and memory marked Latoon South long before the road cut through it. Pit-burials held cremated remains beside post-holes and stake-holes, while stone tools and pottery waited in the dark earth. When the N18/N19 Ballycasey to Dromoland Road Improvement Scheme advanced in 1999, those buried shapes emerged for a brief human witness. The road now carries living traffic above the quiet company of the dead.

A number of pit-burials with cremations as well as a large number of post-holes and stake-holes were excavated in 1999 in advance of the construction of the N18/N19 Ballycasey to Dromoland Road Improvement Scheme (Licence no. 99E0350). A number of associated stone artifacts and pottery were also found. (Grant 2000, 9; Grant 2000a; Tarbett-Buckley and Hull 2002, 15). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 11 February 2015

Pit-burial in Latoon South is a Bronze Age funerary feature, dating to approximately 2000–800 BCE, containing cremated human remains. Its significance lies in providing evidence of early burial practices and settlement activity in the region during the Bronze Age.

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