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Pit-burial in Carrigaline Middle

Pit-burial
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During archaeological test-trenching in advance of a housing development, a rectangular pit (1.3m E-W x 0.9m; D 0.31m) was discovered. The pit contained a grey-brown silty soil with frequent bone inclusions in part of the fill. A stone (L 0.18m) was noted underlying the bone in this pit. (Sherlock 2002, 9) 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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