What is recorded here
This bowl shaped pit was excavated (Licence no. 03E0067) in advance of development. The single pit (0.96m diam.) had a maximum depth of 0.35m and contained a charcoal rich fill which produced a radiocarbon date range of 260-280 AD (Carroll et al. 2008, 21).
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU005-130
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- What survives
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Jonjobaker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Offdaw, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- GsmithEIDW at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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