What is recorded here

Melt butter, brew ale, warm hands or test cloth before it touched skin. People repeated the job until the stones knew the shape of the work.

Discovered while excavating for fireclay for fire-clay in 1956. An oblong pit, orientated N-S, with the remains of a wooden trough dating to 3500 + - 35 BP (OPW file; JIA 1989-90, 27). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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