County: Cork Site name: SKAHANAGH NORTH (5)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: CO053-108---- Licence number: 03E1134
Author: Deirdre Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Site type: Burnt pit
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 577605m, N 586284m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.028107, -8.326337
Testing was carried out in advance of construction along the route of the proposed N8 Rathcormac–Fermoy Bypass on behalf of Cork County Council. In 2002, during this phase of centre-line testing, a single pit was exposed towards the centre of the field. The site was subsequently designated Skahanagh North 5 and was excavated in August 2003.
An area measuring 240m2 was opened around the pit and no other features were identified. The sides of the pit were heavily oxidised and the fill contained flecks of charcoal. Post-excavation analysis will provide a radiocarbon date for this feature, but, as it is isolated, its significance is limited.
This work was funded in full by the National Development Plan 2000–2006 and was awarded by the National Roads Authority.
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