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2007:308 - OLDCASTLETOWN, Cork

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Cork

Site name: OLDCASTLETOWN

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A

Licence number: 07E0719

Author: Jacinta Kiely, Eachtra Archaeological Projects

Author/Organisation Address: Ballycurreen Industrial Estate, Kinsale Road, Cork

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 571326m, N 610693m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.247217, -8.419900

An assessment with testing was undertaken at Oldcastletown, Kildorrery. A ringfort, CO018–016, is located in the area of the proposed development site. No testing was undertaken in the area of the ringfort or associated buffer zone. Twelve trenches were excavated on the footprint of the proposed housing development. No archaeological stratigraphy, features or artefacts were recorded within the test-trenches.


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