2005:201 - CASTLEREDMOND, Cork

A series of test-trenches were excavated across the site of a proposed housing development in a number of fields surrounding the 19th-century Lakeview House. The topsoil layer in all the test-trenches consisted of a dark-brown silty clay, ranging between 0.2 and 0.5m deep, and contained moderate amounts of 19th/20th-century pottery, bottle glass, plastics, etc. The topsoil layer in the east end of the site was intermixed with builder’s rubble that appeared to have been introduced when soil from a construction site to the south was dumped in the east end of the proposed development site. The natural subsoil layer was composed of a red/brown silty clay and was cut by a number of field drains and ploughmarks throughout the development site. There were no archaeological features or finds recorded during testing at this site and the proposed development will exclude Lakeview House and its associated garden and boundary features.