County: Limerick Site name: SKEHACREGGAUN, Mungret
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 04E0414
Author: Jacinta Kiely, Eachtra Archaeological Projects
Site type: Pit
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 554024m, N 654319m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.638138, -8.679263
An archaeological assessment with testing was carried out in advance of construction of 97 housing units. The development site was located in Mungret and is composed of three fields. Two archaeological sites are near the development site, an enclosure (SMR 13:10) to the west and the Mungret ecclesiastical complex (SMR 13:9) to the south. A trackway marked on the first-edition OS map is visible on the western boundary of Field 2.
Twenty-eight trenches were excavated within the site. They were laid out on a 20m grid square system. All trenches were 2m wide and were excavated onto the subsoil. The topsoil was 0.2–0.5m in depth and the subsoil was a mix of grey and orange/brown clay. Limestone bedrock was recorded in the central section of the site. A single small pit was recorded in Trench 6 in the central portion of the site. A polished chert scraper was included in the fill. The trench was extended in the area of the pit.
No further archaeological features or artefacts were recorded in any of the trenches.
Ballycurreen Industrial Estate, Kinsale Road, Cork
