What is recorded here

Burnt pit in Barnalisheen is a burnt pit in Barnalisheen, County Tipperary, Ireland. The excavation account recorded a 3-metre by 1-metre spread, 0.3 metres deep, exposed in the excavation baulk with fire-cracked stone and charcoal-rich silt. It placed five smaller pits with similar burnt material to the south, including two oval pits 0.7 metres across and 0.2 metres deep.

Situated on flat pasture in undulating countryside. The site consists of a small spread (dims. 3m x 1m; D 0.3m) of fire-cracked stone and charcoal-rich silt which was exposed in the baulk of the excavation. Five small pits (TN036-054001/003) containing similar burnt material were found to the S of this site. Two of these pits were oval in plan measuring 0.7m in diameter by 0.2m in depth. The 3 other pits were oblong in plan measuring 4.2m x 0.4m, D 0.1m; 1.8m x 0.5m; D 0.1m; 2.2m x 1m; D 0.1m respectively. (Stevens 2000, 197). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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