County: Cork Site name: Dairygold Food Ingredients Ltd., Castle Farm Road, Mitchelstown
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 11E0369
Author: Damian Shiels
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 580784m, N 613183m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.270005, -8.281540
A programme of monitoring of topsoil removal was undertaken 27 October - 7 November 2011 and on 10 January 2012, at Dairygold Food Ingredients Ltd., Castle Farm, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. The proposed development involved the construction of low rate digester, consisting of a post tensioned circular tank, utilities building and ancillary services.
Topsoil was stripped across the whole of the development site – an area measuring approximately 270m by 130m, or a total area of 4.47ha. No archaeological deposits or features were identified.
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