2004:0261 - FARRANASTIG, Cork
County: Cork
Site name: FARRANASTIG
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 04E1627
Author: Annette Quinn, Tobar Archaeological Services
Author/Organisation Address: 15 Willowfields, Ladysbridge, Castlemartyr, Co. Cork
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 562718m, N 580782m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.977845, -8.542682
Testing of a proposed development site at Farranastig, Whitechurch, was carried out. This development consisted of the construction of a dwelling house and associated services. The site is within the zone of archaeological potential for a ringfort (SMR 62:52). Five trenches were excavated along the footprint of the proposed dwelling and driveway. No archaeological finds or features were uncovered.