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Pit — excavated in Muckridge

Pit — excavated
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Excavation in 2001 in advance of the construction of the N25 Youghal Bypass revealed an oval-shaped pit (1.7m N-S x 1.3m; D 0.25m). The pit consisted of an upper fill of mid-brown sandy silt which contained medium-sized pebbles and stones with occasional charcoal flecking. The lower fill consisted of a loosely compacted whitish-yellow clay with occasional small pebbles and charcoal flecking and yielded a possible struck flint. The pit was sited near to a late Iron Age structure (CO067-075----) excavated in Muckridge townland in 2001. (Noonan 2001a; 2003g, 55-6) 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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