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Cremation pit excavated prior to the construction of the M7 National Road. An area initially identified in field 8 during archaeological test trenching carried out under licence no. 00E0853 in advance of the Limerick Southern Ring-Road Project (Hayes 2001). Located adjacent to 2 Enclosures (LI006-092001-/-092006-), 2 hut sites (LI006-092003-/-092004-), Cremation pit (LI006-092005-), and other miscellaneous features (LI006-092002-). The results of the testing recorded finds of Bronze Age funerary pottery and a fragment of an Early Christian glass armlet (www.excavations.ie 2001:787; Hayes 2000, Hayes 2003, 241). The cremation was located in the south east quadrant of the enclosure (LI006-092006-) and excavated by Frank Coyne under Licence No. 01E0214, the results were summarised as following; ‘The first phase is centred around an early Bronze Age cemetery. Fragments of at least seven funerary pots were recovered, including one almost complete example of a vase urn. A quantity of cremated bone was also associated with these pots, which contained the remains of at least three individuals, two adults and a child (Linda Lynch, osteoarchaeologist, pers. comm.). No grave-goods were associated with these vessels’ (www.excavations.ie 2001:79; Coyne 2003, 242).
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 16 June 2020
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