2019:333 - CAPPAGH, Kinsale, Cork

The undertaking of a metal detector survey and a test excavation were made conditions of a Grant of Planning for a single dwelling development. This was due to the site’s relative proximity to a Military Fortification (site of), CO112-090, a military camp dating from the Battle of Kinsale. The detector survey was for locating lead musket balls or other military equipment; nothing was found. The development site was a long, narrow plot, steeply falling to the south and overlooking the Bandon River. A total of 5 test trenches were excavated with a general stratigraphy of between 0.25m and 0.4m of a light brown topsoil containing modern building debris at the northern end. It overlay a grey/brown compact, stony subsoil. No archaeology was found.