What is recorded here

Discovered during archaeological trial test trenching in 2001 (Excavation Licence 01E0150). It took the form of an oval shaped pit (max. diam. 0.45m; D 0.1m) which was filled with heavily stained charcoal soil and flecks of cremated bone. Bone analysis required to check if bone is human. (O' Carroll 2003, 268) Reference: O'Carroll, F. 2003 Mountbagnall. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2001: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 268, (no. 873). Bray. Wordwell. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 8 March 2012

A Neolithic pit-burial; wider significance not recorded.

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