2026:129 - Coolafadda, Convent Hill, Bandon, Cork
County: Cork
Site name: Coolafadda, Convent Hill, Bandon
Sites and Monuments Record No.: NA
Licence number: 25E0836
Author: Avril Purcell
Author/Organisation Address: Lane Purcell Archaeology, 64 Fr Mathew Rd, Turner's Cross, Cork
Site type: Burnt spread
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 548248m, N 555676m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.751022, -8.749535
Twenty two trenches were excavated across the site in advance of a proposed residential development. Pockets of mixed grey-brown charcoal-rich clay with broken burnt stone were identified close to the northern bank of a stream. It is proposed to preserve the material in situ if development proceeds.