County: Cork Site name: River Lee, Tivoli, Cork
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 08E0797
Author: Rex Bangerter, The Archaeological Diving Company Ltd, Brehon House, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny.
Site type: Riverine; no archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 569592m, N 572398m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.902909, -8.441879
Monitoring of the dredging works associated with the XC241 Level Crossing Upgrade at Tivoli, Co. Cork, was undertaken on a twelve-hour basis between 7 and 26 October 2008. The dredging process was undertaken by backhoe dredger, operating from a jack-up platform moored to the adjacent quayside. Dredging was carried out across a 160m by 36m area of riverbed. The riverbed area under development was previously inspected by ADCO in August 2008 (see No. 215 above).
The removal of all riverbed material was monitored. These deposits were largely sterile in nature, with little man-made material being observed. The riverbed was primarily composed of a grey silty-clay deposit. Frequent modern dumped material was recovered from the upper layers of the dredged material. No archaeologically significant material, deposits, or structure were encountered during monitoring.
