County: Cork Site name: MALLOW: Bridewell Lane
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 33:09 Licence number: 97E0259
Author: Jacinta Kiely, Eachtra Archaeological Projects
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 556152m, N 598299m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.134817, -8.640493
In December 1997 a modern building on Bridewell Lane was demolished. The site is located on the east side of Bridewell Lane within the area of the medieval town. The demolition, levelling of the site and excavation of foundations were to be monitored in compliance with a planning condition. A layer of rubble, 0.2m deep, underlay the concrete floor. A borehole for a well for the Clockhouse Mineral Company (c. 1950s) was located in the north-eastern corner of the site. Three holes, 1m2 and 0.5m deep, were dug against the eastern boundary wall of the site to position supports against the wall. The stone wall was built on yellow clay overlying limestone bedrock. The stratigraphy revealed was a loose sandy clay, which included rubble stone and red brick, overlying the natural yellow clay.
Three foundation test-holes were dug by machine, two in the centre of the site. The stratigraphy revealed was the same as that already described. The third was dug in the south-west corner of the site, where a burnt horizon, 0.8m deep, underlay the loose sandy clay.
Further monitoring remains to be done on the site, as the foundations for the development have yet to be excavated.
Clover Hill, Mallow, Co. Cork
