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Cremation pit in Bay

Cremation pit
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Cremation pit in Bay
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Excavated (Licence no. E3918) in advance of the construction of the Tyrrelstown to N2 Link Road, this monument consisted of a circular pit (0.4m diam.) and was located 6m SE of a ring ditch (DU013---0001-). The pit contained a deposit of charcoal (alder and ash) and cremated bone of an adult or older adolescent (O’Hara R. 2008, 3). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 6 February 2015

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