County: Cork Site name: KILMACSIMON QUAY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 00E0693
Author: Máire Ní Loingsigh
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 556314m, N 553566m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.732743, -8.632452
Archaeological monitoring of the laying of a water main crossing the River Bandon revealed no visible evidence of two ‘fish weirs’ depicted on the 1844 first edition OS 6-inch map. Work consisted of excavation of a 1m-wide by 1m-deep by c. 200m-long trench across the mudflats and deepwater channel of the river; this was carried out at low water by tracked machines on a pontoon and on a barge. The material removed during excavation of the trench consisted of silt and mud containing stones, gravel and modern refuse. No archaeological features were noted.
119 Ashburton, Gardiner’s Hill, Cork
