2003:0199 - CASTLETOWNBERE: Knockaneroe and Foildarrig, Cork

Planning permission was granted for the construction of houses at Back Road, Castletownbere, Co. Cork. The proposed development site lies near the Convent of Mercy burial ground. A condition of planning required testing. Eleven trenches were excavated on-site. Topsoil consisted of a dark loam with inclusions of plant roots, sharp stones, broken bricks, broken glass and fragments of 19th/20th-century ware. Subsoil was stiff, whitish clay with stones. Occasional stretches of natural rock were exposed. No archaeological finds or features were noted on the site.