2017:127 - Brigown, Mitchelstown, Cork

Testing was undertaken between 30 March and 3 April 2017 at the site of a proposed housing development in a greenfield area in Brigown townland on the south-east outskirts of Mitchelstown. Twelve 1.8m wide linear test trenches, totaling 1.25km, were excavated down to natural subsoil. This trenching comprised an area of 2,259m² out of a total development area (excluding the green area to the very east of the site) of approximately 18,700m², this resulted in approximately 12% of the lands proposed to be developed being tested. No artefacts, features or deposits of archaeological significance were uncovered during testing works.

While the testing works did reveal evidence of a previous field layout in the form of generally west to east orientated linear features such as furrows, possible field drains and removed field boundaries, there was no indication that any of these features dated from antiquity. A number contained late 19th- and early 20th-century ceramic sherds, glass and red brick fragments. The partial remains of a wall foundation uncovered in Trench 1 was shown, through manual investigation and cartographic research, to date to the early to mid-19th century and was likely to have been demolished during the latter half of that century. Furthermore, the areas where a number of trenches (T.8, T.9, T.10, T.12) were opened in the eastern portion of the site proved to be heavily disturbed by modern construction-related debris and materials. 

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