2025:216 - Barnahely 5, Cork
County: Cork
Site name: Barnahely 5
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: E005453
Author: Philip Quilty, Rubicon Archaeology Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: The Glen Distillery Business Park, Old Whitechurch Road, Kilnap, Cork T23 HY01
Site type: Vernacular house
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 577756m, N 563903m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.826924, -8.322704
Excavation at Barnahely 5, as part of the M28 Cork to Ringaskiddy Scheme, Co. Cork, revealed the remains of a trackway and a small single-room dwelling dated to the early 19th century. Stage (iv) post-excavation analysis is still pending. Below is a preliminary bulletin.
The structure was rectangular in shape and orientated east to west. It was 9.37m long and 5.03m wide, with an entrance at the north-east. The foundation trench comprised a singular and irregular shaped slot trench (C008) which varied between 1.5m and 0.45m in width and approximately 0.28m in depth. It is mentioned in Griffith’s Valuations 1847–64 as belonging to the estate of Robert Warren Esq. and the
residence of Daniel Donovan, who leased the property prior to the sale of the Warren lands in 1850.