County: Cork Site name: CORK: Camden Quay
Sites and Monuments Record No.: CO074-122 Licence number: 03E1071
Author: Máire Ní Loingsigh, Sheila Lane & Associates
Site type: Well
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 567486m, N 572204m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.901046, -8.472472
Five test-trenches were excavated following demolition of a warehouse complex located on the north bank of the River Lee, within the zone of archaeological potential for Cork city. The trenches were excavated to the level of natural riverine gravels and clay which occurred at 1.2–1.8m below ground level. Above the natural levels, stratigraphy consisted almost entirely of made ground; i.e. stone, gravel, silty clay and rubble used to stabilise and raise the ground for building purposes. A well, probably of 18th-century date, was recorded in the centre of the site. It was of rubble drystone construction and was filled with rubble and debris. It had been constructed in a pit c. 2.5m in diameter and was c. 1.3m in internal diameter; the walls were c. 0.4m thick. It was recorded to a depth of 3m and extended beyond the limit of excavation at the site. No other archaeological features were recorded.
AE House, Monahan Road, Cork
