2005:229 - CORK: 39 Tower Street, Cork

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Cork Site name: CORK: 39 Tower Street

Sites and Monuments Record No.: CO074-034001 Licence number: 05E0361

Author: Sheila Lane

Site type: Town

Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)

ITM: E 567455m, N 571195m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.891973, -8.472825

Three test-trenches were machine-excavated in the garden of the proposed development site. Topsoil was removed to a depth of c. 0.4m and comprised good-quality dark-brown/black garden soil. Beneath this the natural subsoil was orange–brown and somewhat sandy. No archaeological finds or levels were noted below this in the trenches. A tower in the garden is listed in the Cork City Development Plan and has been retained.

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