County: Cork Site name: Ballinglanna North 5
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E002418
Author: Linda Hegarty, Eachtra Archaeological Projects, Ballycurreen Industrial Estate, Kinsale Road, Cork.
Site type: Pits
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 581240m, N 605694m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.202711, -8.274446
Phase 2 excavation works were undertaken, on behalf of Cork County Council, along the route of the N8 Fermoy–Mitchelstown bypass. The proposed bypass involves the construction of c. 16km of dual carriageway extending from Gortore north of Fermoy to Carrigane north-east of Mitchelstown. A programme of advance testing (Phase 1) had been carried out in October 2005, the results of which appeared in Excavations 2005.
The site at Ballinglanna North 5 was located near the head of the Glencorra Valley. The site comprised two large pits. One of the pits contained fragments of pottery and burnt bone.
