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Pit in Ballydavis

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New monument discovered in 2003 during excavations of the M7 Heath-Mayfield motorway scheme by Colum Hardy for V.J. Keeley under licence number 03E0905 following previous centre line investigation by Ros O Maolduin under licence number 03E0128. Two pits were located in Area 1 at either end of a trench (Bennett 2006, 286).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA013-114

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