County: Cork Site name: Castlewidenham
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: 06E0581
Author: Máire Ní Loingsigh, Sheila Lane & Associates, Deanrock Business Park, Togher, Cork.
Site type: No archaeological significance.
Period/Dating: —
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.
