What is recorded here

Molten rock and human fire both leave scars, but only one remembers the shape of the vessel. In Skahanagh North a small circular pit kept charcoal from 1500 to 1130 BC, perhaps the last trace of a kitchen, ceremony or forgotten craft. The bypass brought it into view in 2002, and measurement gave the ghost a size: forty-two centimetres across, twenty-three deep. What was discarded there has survived every storm that crossed the field since.

Discovered in 2002 and subsequently excavated in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. Excavation revealed an isolated circular pit (diam. 0.42m; D 0.23m) with heavily oxidised sides which was interpreted as a refuse pit (Murphy 2006l, 38). The fill of this pit contained flecks of charcoal which were radiocarbon dated to 1500-1130 cal. BC (Murphy 2006l, 38). (Murphy 2006f, 77; 2006l) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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