What is recorded here

One chamber holds breath, the other waits for memory. The first is a round room with charcoal marks and small stones, like a hearth that stopped speaking but never left. The second is shallower, narrower, and quieter, as if it had forgotten its own shape. Together they sit beside the rath, not as debris but as a paused conversation between hands, fire, and time.

Archaeological testing was carried out in advance of a large multi-phase housing development at Carrigaline Middle in 2001. Two pits were uncovered to the N of a rath (CO087-030----). The first of these pits was identified as a subcircular deposit of light grey silty clay with frequent inclusions of charcoal-rich material and occasional angular and rounded stones (av. L. 5.5cm). The second pit (0.7m N-S; Wth 0.5m) had a maximum depth of c. 0.18m. (Sherlock 2002) 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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