2003:0290 - LISNASALLAGH (1), Cork

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Cork Site name: LISNASALLAGH (1)

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 03E1468

Author: Tara O'Neill, Archaeological Consultancy Services

Site type: Road - road/trackway

Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)

ITM: E 581818m, N 600939m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.159990, -8.265737

Testing was carried out in advance of construction along the route of the proposed N8 Rathcormac–Fermoy Bypass on behalf of Cork County Council. In 2002, during this phase of centre-line testing, a number of features of archaeological potential were exposed at Lisnasallagh. The site was subsequently designated Lisnasallagh 1 and was excavated in September 2003. Topsoil-stripping revealed a rectangular-shaped spread of loose stone. This represented a post-medieval boreen. A post-medieval field boundary ran close to and parallel to this. A number of modern and post-medieval finds were retrieved from this site.

The work was funded by the National Development Plan 2000–2006 and was awarded by the National Roads Authority.

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