2009:154 - KILLEAGH, Cork
County: Cork
Site name: KILLEAGH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 09E0265
Author: Nikolah Gilligan, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: 27 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
Site type: Hearth
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 600000m, N 577545m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.950002, -7.999999
Excavation of Site 37.2 in Killeagh townland, Carrigshane, Co. Cork, was carried out for Bord Gáis Éireann. The site was identified during monitoring of the topsoil-stripping along the corridor of the Curraleigh West to Midleton pipeline scheme. Monitoring had been carried out by Bernice Molloy between March and May 2009 and Site 37.2 was subsequently excavated in May 2009.
The site comprised one hearth, with associated stake-holes, and two pits in the northern and southern ends of the site. Three post-holes and a double stake-hole were also present. The features truncated the natural subsoil and appear to represent a single phase of temporary activity. Evidence for in situ burning was visible along the eastern side of the hearth and there was a high concentration of stake-holes along the western side of the base. These features probably represent a temporary cooking site.
No clear evidence of a structure is visible on the site and the three post-holes and a double stake-hole may have been a windbreak or fence line associated with the hearth.
Specialist analysis is ongoing and it is expected that the final report will be completed in 2010.