County: Cork Site name: CORK: 12–13 Union Quay
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 74:122 Licence number: 01E0368
Author: Sheila Lane, Sheila Lane & Associates
Site type: Riverine revetment
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 567755m, N 571587m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.895513, -8.468496
The proposed development site lies outside and c. 500m to the east of the medieval walled city of Cork. Four test-trenches were excavated by mechanical digger. No archaeological features were noted in the trenches. Stratigraphy in the trenches comprised loose rubble fill to a depth of 0.5m and indicated that reclamation of the riverbank took place here in the 19th century, confirming cartographic evidence.
Consulting Archaeologists, AE House, Monahan Road, Cork
