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Pit — excavated in Ballyvergan West

Pit — excavated
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Following archaeological testing and monitoring on the N25 Youghal Bypass a circular pit (0.45m N-S; 0.41m E-W; D 0.21m) was excavated in 2001. The two fills were of a similar compact, blackish, silty clay and contained small fire-cracked stones and flecks of charcoal. A carbon sample produced a date of 1490-1200 cal. BC (Noonan 2003g, 56). (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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