2007:289 - KNOCKGRIFFIN/TOWNPARKS, Cork

A centre-line test-trench was excavated along the proposed route of the Midleton northern relief road for a total distance of 1.15km. A total of 76 offsets, 10m long, were excavated at right angles to the centre line every 20m. The stratigraphy along the route of the proposed road consisted generally of mid-brown stony topsoil, 0.4–0.7m deep, over orange gravelly subsoil. There are no recorded monuments on the route, nor were any previously unrecorded monuments discovered during assessment and test-trenching.

Following testing, part of two mill-races, a wall and two drains associated with Avoncore Mills (built c. 1824), in the townland of Townparks, were excavated. These features will be retained in situ under the proposed road.