County: Cork Site name: 1–2 BUCKINGHAM PLACE, George’s Quay, Cork
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 07E0112
Author: Máire Ní Loingsigh, Sheila Lane & Associates, Deanrock Business Park, Togher, Cork.
Site type: Urban, post-medieval
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 567662m, N 571458m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.894343, -8.469830
Three test-trenches were excavated at the site of a proposed mixed-use development at 1–2 Buckingham Place, George’s Quay, Cork. The site is in an area reclaimed in the 18th century. Two stone-walled drains and the foundations of six masonry post-medieval walls were recorded. The walls were built on timber beams placed on the natural clay and were probably associated with 18th/19th-century houses shown on maps of the site. Stratigraphy consisted of layers of gravel, stony clay and rubble (made ground), 1.2–2m thick, over the estuarine clay. No other finds or features of archaeological interest were noted during testing.
