2019:354 - BALLINCOLLIG (adjoining Maglin Estate), Cork
County: Cork
Site name: BALLINCOLLIG (adjoining Maglin Estate)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 19E0382
Author: Avril Purcell, Lane Purcell Archaeology
Author/Organisation Address: 64 Fr Mathew Rd, Turner's Cross, Cork
Site type: Pit
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 558979m, N 570055m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.881329, -8.595756
Monitoring was carried out on a residential development which was tested in 2017. A small isolated pit measuring 0.8m by 0.75m by 0.29m deep was found which contained 8 sherds of prehistoric pottery, probably of Beaker type (Helen Roche pers. comm.) Charred apple pips and hazel nut shell fragments were also found. No other features were revealed.