County: Cork Site name: CASTLEWIDENHAM
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 06E0581
Author: Máire Ní Loingsigh, Sheila Lane & Associates
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 568227m, N 602135m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.170124, -8.464484
Five test-trenches were excavated at the site of a proposed sewage treatment works to the south of Castletownroche village. Stratigraphy in the trenches consisted of mid-brown stony soil, 0.4–0.5m deep, over orange/brown stony subsoil. The ‘holy well’ and sheela-na-gig (CO026–086(01, 02)) to the east and the mill (CO025–087) to the south will not be affected by the proposed development. No archaeological finds or features were noted during testing.
Deanrock Business Park, Togher, Cork
