2009:171 - TIMOLEAGUE: Timoleague Franciscan Friary, Cork

Monitoring was undertaken as part of an impact assessment on the foreshore immediately beside Timoleague Franciscan friary, Co. Cork. The friary,which was founded prior to 1316 AD by Donal Glas MacCarthy or William de Barry, is a national monument. Timoleague was once an important seaport and, although much silted up today, it formerly could discharge vessels up alongside the friary walls.

The assessment and monitoring was undertaken in response to emergency flood-relief works by Cork County Council. An oak mooring post is exposed in the foreshore within the monitored area. Excavated material was spread and examined with the aid of a metal detector. A small assemblage of post-medieval ceramics was recovered.