2010:129 - FOATY, Cork
County: Cork
Site name: FOATY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: CO074–130
Licence number: 09E522 ext.
Author: Sheila Lane, Lane Purcell Archaeology
Site type: Cremation pit
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 579146m, N 571591m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.896086, -8.302995
An extension to this licence was granted to carry out monitoring of topsoil-stripping at a proposed car park to Fota House. Two possible cremation pits were identified during monitoring and were consequently excavated. The fill contained cremated bone, thought to be human, and charcoal.