2008:370 - BAY (1), Dublin
County: Dublin
Site name: BAY (1)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: E003917
Author: Robert O’Hara, Archaeological Consultancy Services Limited
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Site type: Cremation pit
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 708624m, N 742610m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.422411, -6.365702
A collection of Late Bronze Age token cremation burials was excavated at Bay 1, Co. Dublin, ahead of the Tyrrellstown to N2 Cherryhound Interchange link road. Two burials were in simple dug pits, while a third was contained within an upright Late Bronze Age vessel. This latter burial was radiocarbon dated to 1010–840 BC.