2005:176 - BALLYKERWICK, Cork

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Cork Site name: BALLYKERWICK

Sites and Monuments Record No.: CO061-027 and CO061-034 Licence number: 05E0723

Author: Sheila Lane

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 547393m, N 581635m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.984272, -8.765864

Five test-trenches were machine-excavated on a site at Ballykerwick, Donoghmore, which was in the environs of a ringfort and fulacht fiadh. Topsoil was removed to a depth of c. 0.3–0.4m. Beneath the topsoil, light mid-brown/orange stony clay occurred throughout, with occasional large stones. No archaeological finds or features were noted in the trenches.

Deanrock Business Park, Togher, Cork