2014:076 - CORK CITY: Batchelor Quay/ Father Mathew Quay/ Grenville Place/ North Mall/ Hanover Quay, Cork

Monitoring of the excavation of a number of trial pits and boreholes was undertaken in various locations along the Cork city quays as part of site investigations in advance of a proposed flood relief scheme. None of the trial pits were within the extent of the walled medieval city or in close proximity to any recorded archaeological monuments. However, seven of the pits were within the surrounding secondary Zone of Archaeological Potential and all works within this zone were monitored. Works at the majority of the locations were halted when modern services were encountered. The test pits at Batchelor and Father Mathew Quays were excavated to the surface of the riverine gravels, encountered at depths of 3.6m and 4.2m respectively. No remains of earlier quay features were noted behind the existing 19th-century quay walls and post-medieval inclusions were noted in the reclamation clays over the gravels.