Pit

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture 30m S of a stream. Enclosure (LI039-032----) lies 90m to W. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. One of 6 features (LI039-172/174/ 175001/175002/176----) identified as (BGE 3/77/27-29) in 2002 by Ken Wiggins (Licence 02E0119) during topsoil-stripping on the Bord Gáis Éireann Pipeline to the West. Excavated in 2002 by Kate Taylor under licence No. 02E0470 the results of which were summarised as follows; ‘Two large pits lay less than 1m apart. The western one was 1.9m in diameter and 1.4m deep, with a conical profile. The pit had four fills, the primary a thin layer with a high charcoal content and the others silty clays. A possible recut was apparent in the final fill. A small crescentic flint scraper was retrieved from the single, silty clay fill of this recut . There was no evidence of in situ burning' (Taylor 2004, 297). Monument has been fully excavated and is not visible on aerial images.

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 19 May 2021

References

Taylor, K. 2004 Ballincurra (BGE 3/77/27-29); Fulacht fiadh, pits, ring gullies, cremation. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2002: Summary Accounts of Archaeological Excavations in Ireland, 297, No. 1080. Wordwell, Bray.