County: Cork Site name: Connoly Street, Fermoy
Sites and Monuments Record No.: CO35-107 Licence number: 19E0128
Author: Enda O Mahony
Site type: Historic town
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 581060m, N 598426m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.137369, -8.276677
A disused garage was to be levelled and a small flat complex built in its place. The site measures 5.9m wide by 18.5m. Three layers of material were recorded during monitoring. The uppermost layer (C.1) was a modern stone mix comprising of 804 and dusting material sourced from a local quarry. The next layer removed was redeposited backfill material (C.2). This material consisted of a mixture of stone, earth and a few plastic bags and ranged in depth from 0.15m deep to 1.55m deep near the front of the site adjacent to the road. The final layer (C.3) was a light yellowish grey gravelly silt. This was deemed to be the natural subsoil of the area. As with the topography of the area the subsoil was at its highest point at the back of the site. It is presumed that previous dwellings and foundations were removed, the resulting void filled with introduced material (C.2) and topped with fine crushed stone as a final dressing.
Nothing of archaeological importance was noted in the area that was stripped or in the soil removed from the site.
Gortageen, Millstreet, Co. Cork
