2019:015 - Glancuttaun Lower, Kerry

The proposed development of a sand and gravel quarry on a 2.4ha site adjacent to a disused quarry at Glancuttaun Lower, Killorglin, led to a request from Kerry County Council for an archaeological impact assessment to include a test excavation to be undertaken. The subject lands are located 5km south of Killorglin within an expanse of blanket bog extending along the floor of the Cottoners river valley, directly north of Derryfanga and Skregbeg mountains. The nearest monuments to the proposed development are located between 650m-950m to the south in Glancuttaun Lower and are listed in the Archaeological Survey of South West Kerry (O`Sullivan and Sheehan 1996) as a pre-bog wall system (KE064009 and KE064013). The only monument recorded for Glancuttaun Upper is a complex of sites within an enclosure or ringfort (KE064-016;01-2). Nine test trenches were excavated to the surface of the natural subsoil. The soil profile in general consisted of a thin layer of peat overlaying extremely strong subsoil with rock outcropping visible in many locations particularly at the southern side of the development lands. Peat cover varied from just 0.2m at the northern side of the subject lands to being considerably deeper (0.63-0.85m) in the southern half of the site. No features or finds of archaeological significance were found.

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