2009:163 - MITCHELSTOWN: Cahir Cross, Cork
County: Cork
Site name: MITCHELSTOWN: Cahir Cross
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 09E0202
Author: Michael Tierney, The Archaeology Company
Site type: Industrial site
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 581144m, N 613782m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.275409, -8.276300
The Archaeology Company was engaged by Aldi Stores Ireland Ltd as archaeological consultants. A 19th-century kiln was recorded prior to being demolished and the topsoil-stripping phase of the development was monitored. A small area of early medieval iron production was found with a furnace, two charcoal-production areas and two associated pits with waste material. Dating and other analysis await funding from the client.