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Pit in Ballyhalwick

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Pit in Ballyhalwick
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Two pits (c. 2m apart) containing dark coloured fill, exposed in recently used gravel pit face. Both are c. 0.8m below ground surface and cut into subsoil; semicircular in section and of similar dimensions (D c. 0.5m; max. Wth c. 0.8m). Pair of standing stones (CO108-023---) in field to NW, now 18m from edge of gravel pit. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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