County: Cork Site name: YOUGHAL: Main Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 05E0648
Author: Rose M. Cleary, Department of Archaeology, University College Cork
Site type: Town
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 610365m, N 578111m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.954990, -7.849190
Test excavation was carried out on the south side of Main Street, Youghal, to establish the archaeological potential of a development site. The site is at the rear of a street-fronting property within the medieval town (SMR 67:29). The development was a small extension in an area where a previous building had stood. Test-trenching was undertaken to the level of new foundations and uncovered layers of modern fill. Archaeological levels below this may remain in situ but are unaffected by the present development.
