2014:122 - CLONAKILTY: Kilgarriff/Tawnies Lower/Desert townlands, Cork

Geotechnical investigations were undertaken ahead of works associated with the Clonakilty Flood Relief Scheme. These investigations consisted of 32 bore-holes and 9 exploratory trenches which were archaeologically monitored between the 16 July and 17 December 2014.

At the eastern end of the scheme, these investigations were in close proximity to levelled enclosure CO135-132 but nothing archaeological was identified. Similarly, at the western end, in the townland of Miles, investigations were close to three levelled fulachta fiadh (CO135-145; 146; 147). Again no archaeological deposits were encountered. Within the centre of Clonakilty, trenches and bore-holes at the eastern end of the car-park and Rossa Street had disturbed layers of masonry debris. A north-south wall was seen in section of one of these trenches and may have been a property boundary. No artefacts were recovered and the partial masonry identified is likely post-medieval or early modern in date.