County: Cork Site name: Abbeystrowery
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 07E0219
Author: Margaret McCarthy, Archaeological Consultant, Rostellan, Midleton, Co. Cork.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 510280m, N 534478m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.555720, -9.293870
The impact of a proposed small-scale housing development on the known and potential archaeological landscape at Abbeystrowery, Skibbereen, was assessed through a test excavation. The proposed development is partially within the constraint zone of a circular enclosure (CO141–078). The northern circuit of the enclosure is located within the south-west corner of the proposed development, while the southern side of the monument is located on the opposite side of the public road. Eleven test-trenches were excavated within the overall development area. Ten were placed across the long axes of the proposed houses and a further trench was opened along the access road through the site. The soil profile was uniform in all trenches and consisted of sod, a layer of topsoil and underlying sterile mixed boulder clay. No features or finds of archaeological importance were noted during the excavation of the test-trenches.
