County: Cork Site name: GULLY, Bandon
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 110:19 Licence number: 00E0857 ext.
Author: Sheila Lane, AE House
Site type: Town defences
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 548196m, N 554566m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.741048, -8.750121
Planning permission was granted by Cork County Council for a shopping centre within the historical town of Bandon. The development site is partially within the zone of archaeological potential of the town, and a section of the town wall lies within the development area. All groundworks on the site were monitored, but no archaeological finds or features were noted.
As part of the development a conservation strategy for the sections of the town wall on the site was outlined in a report prepared by John Cronin in December 2000. Following the guidelines laid down in that report, conservation work was carried out on the walls under archaeological supervision in 2002. The above-ground sections of the wall were cleared of vegetation, where possible, from the areas to be consolidated. Where sections of the wall needed to be rebuilt, existing rubble masonry was harvested from the site and reused in accordance with the character of the wall, using a suitable lime mortar.
Monahan Road, Cork
