County: Cork Site name: ALLINS QUAY, YOUGHAL
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05D096
Author: Aisling Collins, CRDS Ltd, Unit 4, Dundrum Business Park, Dundrum, Dublin 14.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 610504m, N 578031m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.954270, -7.847171
An underwater archaeological inspection was carried out for the proposed marina site at Allins Quay, Youghal, Co. Cork. A non-disturbance visual inspection was carried out and a full metal-detection survey was completed. Visibility was c. 1m. The visibility allowed the diver to swim slightly raised off the seabed and observe within his field of vision. A circular search was the method used. The diver was connected by a lifeline to his attendant on the surface (at a fixed point on Allins Quay). The taut lifeline was used as a radius. On completion of the first circle he moved out a similar distance along the quay wall and carried out another circular search in the opposite direction. This procedure was carried out, shortening the lifeline in each case, thus reducing the circle.
No archaeological features were visible on the surface of the seabed, except at the base of the quay wall, where a number of roughly worked stones (possibly flags) were noted protruding from the littoral sediment. The metal detection failed to reveal any possible ferrous archaeological finds. A number of metal finds were identified but on retrieval and further inspection they proved to be modern debris.
