County: Cork Site name: MALLOW: 74–75 Davis Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 33:93 Licence number: 00E0831
Author: Sheila Lane, Sheila Lane & Associates
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 556067m, N 598406m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.135769, -8.641750
The proposed development site lies within the zone of archaeological potential for the medieval town of Mallow. Following the demolition of the buildings on site, four 1m-wide test-trenches were opened by mechanical digger. Loose rubble fill of 19th/20th-century date was found to a depth of 0.4m. This overlay natural orange subsoil. No archaeological finds or features were noted.
Consulting Archaeologists, AE House, Monahan Road, Cork
