What is recorded here

Burnt pit in Monadreela is a burnt pit in Monadreela, County Tipperary, Ireland. Archaeological excavation for the N8 Cashel bypass uncovered an irregular feature 2.2 metres wide and 0.1 metres deep. The excavator identified it as a modern burnt mound and possible pit fill containing charcoal flecks, small burnt stones and dark grey clay silt. Close inspection suggested the natural ground had been subjected to high temperatures, possibly from a hedge fire above it.

Uncovered during archaeological excavation of the N8 Cashel bypass. Decribed by the excavator as a 'Modern burnt mound. Thought to be fill of possible pit [an irregular feature Wth 2.2m; D 0.1m]. Subsoil, which had been subjected to high temperatures. Flecks of charcoal and small burnt stones mixed with dark grey clay silt', and also that 'close inspection of the material suggests that it was relatively modern, the result of the natural ground being subject to high temperatures, possibly a hedge fire above it' (O'Flanagan, N., 2003, 3-6). A similar feature (TS061-158----) was uncovered close by (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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