2022:748 - NEWMARKET: Ballyduane West and Ballyduane South, Lisdangan Water Rehabilitation Scheme, Cork

Archaeological monitoring was proposed for parts of a water pipe-laying project in Ballyduane West and Ballyduane South townlands, including where the pipe laying passed through the Zones of Notification for Recorded Monuments CO022-026 (a lime kiln) and CO022-027 (an enclosure). Unfortunately, due to an oversight on the part of the contractor, the archaeologists were not informed when works were taking place and the entire scheme was constructed without archaeological monitoring. Pipes in the area which should have been monitored were laid within the line of an existing water pipe so it is unlikely that the work caused any archaeological impact. Photographs of some of the pipe bursting works were provided by the contractor. These images reveal that, at least in the parts of the scheme for which photographs are available, the modern road surface either side of the previous pipe trench directly overlies natural geological deposits of stony orange glacial till.