County: Cork Site name: Chetwynd 1, Areas A and B
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 10E0353
Author: Dave Bayley, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd, 120b Greenpark Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 564042m, N 568475m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.867314, -8.522116
The excavation of site Chetwynd 1 (Area A and B) was undertaken along the route of the proposed N71 Chetwynd viaduct road scheme situated approximately 9km south-west of Cork city in November 2010. Chetwynd 1 (Area A) was first identified during a programme of testing (Excavations 2008, No. 128, 09E0135) undertaken by Sheelagh Conran in October 2009. Area B was identified as having archaeological potential and as such ground disturbances were monitored. Nothing of archaeological significance was identified in Area B.
Chetwynd 1 (Area A) was identified as a burnt-mound site. Two main burnt mounds were identified in association with four possible troughs and a cluster of stake-holes. The site had been significantly disturbed in the modern era with evidence for a land drainage system and modern pottery was found mixed in the main burnt mound. Post-excavation analysis continues.
