2019:354 - Ballincollig (adjoining Maglin Estate), Cork

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Cork Site name: Ballincollig (adjoining Maglin Estate)

Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: 19E0382

Author: Avril Purcell, Lane Purcell Archaeology

Site type: Prehistoric pit

Period/Dating:

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.

64 Fr Mathew Rd, Turner's Cross, Cork