2014:528 - KILQUANE, Cork

Test trenching was carried out on 12 June 2014 in the area of a proposed graveyard extension. The existing graveyard is located within an Ecclesiastical Enclosure and the proposed extension will be in the field outside the extant bank of the enclosure. Two test trenches were excavated, radiating out from the enclosure. The test trenches showed the existence of two ditches outside the ecclesiastical enclosure appearing to run concentric with the enclosure itself. While no section of either ditch was fully excavated, a section of one was partially excavated. Its width and steep sides suggested it was a substantial ditch. Both ditches are presumed to be part of the ecclesiastical enclosure complex, and a slight rise in ground level between them is likely to be the remnant of a former earthen bank.