County: Cork Site name: LA17 Teerbeg, Macroom
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E005239
Author: Bruce Sutton for Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd
Site type: Test-trenching
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 531650m, N 574197m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.915708, -8.993550
Archaeological test-trenching was required during construction stage of the N22 Baile Bhuirne–Macroom Road Scheme under ministerial direction (A074). Registration number E005239 was allocated by the National Monument Service for these test excavations.
It has been proposed that topsoil will be placed permanently in an area outside the Lands Made Available, designated LA17. As recommended in the impact assessment for LA17 the area was subject to archaeological test-trenching of the 1.48ha area, which resulted in c.1,780 sqm of trenching to be excavated across the field, approximately 12% of the total area.
A burnt mound was discovered in the north-west of the area specified for archaeological testing. Evidence of a drainage feature marked on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey maps as well as numerous associated field drains and evidence for field clearance and reclamation was uncovered.
Following consultation with the Project archaeologist this was preserved in situ.
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