County: Cork Site name: BALLYTHOMAS EAST/BALLYTHOMAS WEST/HORSEHILL MORE NORTH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E0573
Author: Sheila Lane
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 560284m, N 552619m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.724527, -8.574870
Planning permission was granted for an extension to the Eli Lilly factory complex at Ballythomas East, Ballythomas West and Horsehill More (North), Kinsale, Co. Cork, with a number of conditions which required a geophysical survey and monitoring of topsoil-stripping. A geophysical investigation identified a number of anomalies, one of which, due to its nature and location, indicated that it might represent the remains of a circular feature such as a ringfort. The report recommended testing in the area of these anomalies in advance of development on-site.
Two test-trenches were opened in the area of the possible ringfort. No evidence for an enclosure was noted. Topsoil was removed to a depth of 0.2–0.3m to reveal a slatey, stony subsoil. No finds or features of an archaeological nature were noted.
AE House, Monahan Road, Cork
