2018:205 - CARRIGALINE: Site 8, Estuary Business Park, Kilnaglery, Cork

Monitoring was carried out from 19–23 November 2018, at a site within a business park at Kilnaglery, Co. Cork. This was carried out as part of an overall Archaeological Impact Assessment for the proposed construction of a warehouse, offices and parking.

A total area of 0.4ha was monitored. The topsoil was found to have been introduced to the site in recent years, as was redeposited natural subsoil with rubble mixed with building materials. The latter was concentrated at the east where it filled a natural depression 1.2m in depth. A large storm-drain traverses the site north-south. Beneath these disturbances the original topsoil remained in places. A mill-stream, marked on all editions of the O.S. six-inch maps, was found to be 1.9m in width, 0.38m in depth, and crossed the site from east to north-west. Intermittent plough furrows and a stone-lined drain were also noted. Nothing of archaeological significance was identified.