2010:825 - TINNACROSS (2), Wexford

Tinnacross 2 was located on the proposed M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme. The site was situated in pasture.
This site contained three cremation burial-pits, two possible marker post- or stake-holes, three other pits, and three post-medieval linear features.

The cremation burial-pits were located at the southern end of the site.

The first cremation burial-pit was circular with vertical to gradual sides and a flat base, and was 0.65m in diameter and 0.1m deep. This feature contained two fills: a lower fill of dark-brown/black silty clay with moderate small angular stones, frequent charcoal and burnt stone, and an upper orange/brown silty clay with moderate small angular stones, burnt bone and burnt clay. A small (diameter 0.2m; depth 0.06m) circular feature was located adjacent to the cremation pit, which was interpreted as remnants of a possible marker post- or stake-hole.

The second cremation burial-pit was approximately 2m east of the first, had a similar profile and was of similar scale. This cremation had a single fill of brown silty clay with moderate to occasional burnt bone and charcoal. This cremation burial was cut by a similarly sized circular pit with a single fill of brown silty clay with pebbles. This feature may be associated with the cremation. Approximately 2m to the south was another cremation pit, oval with vertical sides and flat base, 0.4m long, 0.25m wide and 0.12m deep. This pit had a single fill of dark-brown silty clay with frequent burnt bone. A larger (0.9m long, 0.75m wide and 0.2m deep) and possibly associated sub-oval pit with a concave profile cut this cremation burial and was filled with brown silty clay with occasional angular stones and charcoal. A third pit, circular in plan with a concave profile, was filled with brown silty clay with occasional charcoal.

This site may be associated with nearby Tinnacross 1 (see No. 824, Excavations 2010).