What is recorded here
Excavation is an excavation (miscellaneous) in Skibbereen, County Waterford, Ireland. Archaeological testing by Colm Moloney of Headland Archaeology uncovered three pits, one of which had a diameter of approximately 0.55 metres and a depth of 0.13 metres. This specific pit contained sherds of a Vase Food Vessel, providing evidence of possible Bronze Age funerary remains at the site.
Archaeological testing (03E0156) by Colm Moloney of Headland Archaeology uncovered three pits, one of which (diam. c. 0.55m; D 0.13m), contained sherds of a Vase Food Vessel. (Moloney, 2006)
Moloney, C. (2006) Cleaboy industrial Park, Skibbereen, Waterford. Possible Bronze Age funerary remains. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 513-4, No. 1939. Wordwell. Bray.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 08 December 2010
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