2022:436 - RATHCLARE, Buttevant, Cork
County: Cork
Site name: RATHCLARE, Buttevant
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 22E0839
Author: Margaret McCarthy
Author/Organisation Address: Rostellan, Midleton, Co. Cork
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 554087m, N 610920m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.248084, -8.672373
An application to construct a rotary milking unit within an existing farmyard in Rathclare, Buttevant led to a request for further information from Cork County Council on the grounds that the proposed development is located 60m from a ringfort (CO017-030001) with an associated souterrain (CO017-030002). Five test trenches were excavated across the area proposed for development as part of the archaeological impact assessment. Testing revealed a deep cover of topsoil overlying solid clay and nothing of archaeological significance was exposed in any of the excavated areas.