What is recorded here
A pit excavated by Ken Wiggins (02E0302) and described as 'a pit 1.1m long, 1m wide and 0.3m deep. The fill was crumbly, dark grey/brown, charcoal-rich clay containing numerous burnt stone fragments. The northern side of the pit was cut by a drain aligned north-east to south-west. The excavated length of the drain was…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI010-148
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Roger McLachlan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.irishcentral.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.gettyimages.com
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
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