County: Cork Site name: CORK: John Street Lower
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 74:122 Licence number: 01E0879
Author: Rose M. Cleary, Department of Archaeology, University College Cork
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 567457m, N 571562m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.895266, -8.472832
The site is located to the north of the north bank of the River Lee and to the west of the River Kiln. This area of Cork was developed from the 17th century onwards and is associated with industrial activity, particularly processing industries. The site originally sloped from west to east and the ground level was considerably reduced on the west side to facilitate previous buildings. Test excavation established that all ground levels had been reduced to bedrock on the west end of the site and the east end was raised by up to 1.8m of modern fill. No strata of archaeological interest were uncovered.
