County: Cork Site name: Knockgriffin/Townparks, Midleton
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: 06E1165
Author: Máire Ní Loingsigh, Sheila Lane & Associates, Deanrock Business Park, Togher, Cork.
Site type: No archaeological significance.
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 587719m, N 574212m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.919904, -8.178524
A centreline test-trench was excavated along the proposed route of the Midleton Northern Relief Road, for a total distance of 1.15km. A total of 76 offsets, 10m long, were excavated at right angles to the centreline every 20m. The stratigraphy on the site consisted of mid-brown stony topsoil, 0.4–0.7m deep, over orange gravelly subsoil. A linear feature with topsoil fill, 1.6m wide by 0.5m deep, was noted in a field in the townland of Knockgriffin. No other archaeological finds or features were noted during testing. It is proposed to monitor the next phase of the development.
