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Pit-burial in Monadreela is a pit-burial in Monadreela, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a sub-circular pit, 0.2 metres across and 0.11 metres deep, with a flat base. It held dark charcoal-rich clay, cremated bone and a small chert flake at the bottom. It lay near the western edge of the excavated area, beside other pits and a second burial 8 metres to the north-northeast.

An area c. 40m x 40m was excavated in advance of construction of the N8 Cashel Bypass and N74 Link Road South on the sloping ground to the S of a small lake. The excavation revealed a concentration of activity in the form of pits and post-holes (TS061-159----). Near the western edge of the excavated area, a pit-burial was uncovered. This consisted of a sub-circular pit (diam. 0.2m; D 0.11m) with a flat base, filled with dark brown-black charcoal rich friable silty clay with large amounts of charcoal and cremated bone, and a tiny fragment of a chert flake at the base (O'Flanagan 2004, 11 - unpublished excavation report). Another pit-burial is located 8m to the NNE (TS061-160----). A kiln (TS061-168----) was located c. 10m S of the lake and the trough of a fulacht fia (TS061-163----) was uncovered at the eastern edge of the excavated area. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

A pit-burial; likely dating to the Early Christian or medieval period. Its significance lies in its association with early funerary practices in the region, though specific cultural or historical context remains unclear.

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