2012:102 - CLOGHER/SHANAGH/WATERDYKE, Cork
County: Cork
Site name: CLOGHER/SHANAGH/WATERDYKE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 11E0419
Author: Graham Hull, TVAS (IRELAND) LTD.
Site type: Habitation site
Period/Dating: Neolithic (4000BC-2501 BC)
ITM: E 565607m, N 608222m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.224676, -8.503407
Testing of the N73 Clogher Cross – Waterdyke road realignment scheme for Cork County Council located five sites. These are: Shanagh 1 (166021 109157 undated pits), Shanagh 2 (166207 109266 possible middle Neolithic settlement, Excavations 2012 No. 121), Waterdyke 1 (166333 109322 undated pits and post-holes), Waterdyke 2 (166585 109474 undated pits and post-holes) and Waterdyke 3 (Area A 167382 109507, Area B 167500 109563 possible charcoal production pit and hearth) (Excavations 2012 Nos 123-5). Shanagh 1 was fully resolved in testing.