Cremation pits are exactly what the name suggests: depressions in the earth associated with the burning and burial of human remains, often dating to prehistoric periods when cremation was a common funerary practice across Ireland. What makes this site quietly notable is not spectacle but preservation; the pits were not excavated and removed, but left in place, the ground closed over them again.

They came to light during archaeological monitoring in 2006, the kind of careful, watching brief that accompanies ground disturbance on sites of potential significance. The discovery was recorded under Excavation Licence 04E1633 and later published by O'Carroll in 2009. Beyond that, the record is spare: five features, possibly cremation pits, preserved in situ. The uncertainty in that word "possible" is honest, reflecting the limits of what monitoring alone, without full excavation, can confirm.