2005:182 - BALTIMORE: Dún na Séad Castle, Cork
County: Cork
Site name: BALTIMORE: Dún na Séad Castle
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 05E0225
Author: John Kavanagh, National Archaeological Services Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Ard Solas, Lackan, Blessington, Co. Wicklow
Site type: Excavation - miscellaneous
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 504638m, N 526555m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.483589, -9.373071
An excavation was carried out in advance of the construction of a small utility shed close to the 17th-century fortified house known as Dún na Séad Castle (SMR 150:36(02)), Baltimore, Co. Cork. The excavation uncovered the remains of a wall, cobbled surface and associated drain. Artefacts recovered dated from the 17th to 20th centuries.