1994:026 - CORK: The Orchard, Wandsford Quay and 33 Popes Quay, Cork

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Cork Site name: CORK: The Orchard, Wandsford Quay and 33 Popes Quay

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 94E006 and 94E140

Author: Sheila Lane

Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous

Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)

ITM: E 567057m, N 572261m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.901533, -8.478709

Both sites are located outside the medieval city of Cork and were investigated to fulfil planning application clauses prior to commercial development. Test pits were opened under archaeological supervision on both sites and in both cases, sections and finds were found to be no earlier than 18th-century in date. Funding was provided by the developer.

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