County: Cork Site name: Grand Parade, Cork
Sites and Monuments Record No.: CO074–122(02), 074–034(01) Licence number: 06E0220
Author: Ciara Brett, Cork City Council, City Hall, Cork.
Site type: Urban, post-medieval
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 567301m, N 571812m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.897505, -8.475117
Monitoring of the Grand Parade streetscape renewal scheme commenced in April 2006. Phases 1 and 2 were completed in December 2006. The scheme is situated within the zone of archaeological potential for Cork city and is c. 15m east of the medieval city wall. The features revealed were associated with the 18th-century reclamation and culverting of this area of the city. The stratigraphy across the site generally consisted of post-medieval dumped material which overlay clay and mud layers. The primary feature recorded was a portion of the 18th-century quay wall at the junction of South Mall and Grand Parade. Monitoring of Phases 3 and 4 is due to take place in 2007.
