County: Cork Site name: Bawnard East
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 08E0090, 08E0168
Author: Terry Connell, ACS Ltd, Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
Site type: Burnt-stone spread
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 589126m, N 569768m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.879986, -8.157934
Works were carried out along the route of the East Cork Gas Pipeline on behalf of Bord Gáis Éireann. An assessment of CO076–098/099 that took place in the townland of Bawnard East, Co. Cork, under licence 08E0090 revealed the presence of a burnt-mound spread. This spread was subsequently excavated in February 2008 under licence 08E0168. Radiocarbon analysis of the burnt-mound spread revealed that it dated to the Middle Bronze Age.
