County: Cork Site name: Bottlehill Road re-alignment, Ballygrogan
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 08E0024
Author: Avril Purcell, Sheila Lane & Associates, Deanrock Business Park, Togher, Cork.
Site type: Burnt deposit
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 559234m, N 586069m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.025122, -8.594011
Monitoring was carried out of topsoil-stripping for the 3.5km of road corridor. One feature of potential archaeological interest was revealed. A small spread of burnt material with some heat-shattered stone within it was revealed in Ballygrogan townland on the southern bank of a small stream. The spread measured 1–2m in diameter and was in an area formally under softwood forestry. Upon further investigation the spread was clearly not in its original location, although it may indicate the presence of a fulacht fiadh in the vicinity which was disturbed when the forestry was planted.
