County: Cork Site name: CORK: 23–24 Main Street North
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 74:122 Licence number: 99E0532
Author: Rose M. Cleary, Department of Archaeology, University College Cork
Site type: Town
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 567157m, N 571662m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.896147, -8.477199
The site is on the North Island within the core area of the walled Anglo-Norman town. The buildings on the site are scheduled for refurbishment, and the aim of the excavation was to establish whether any archaeological remains were within the depth of 0–0.04m below the modern floor level. This depth is the maximum required in order to lay a raft foundation to the rear (east) of the existing building and the depth required to install service trenches.
The excavation showed that modern fill underlay the present floor and extended to at least 0.4m below the present ground level.
