County: Cork Site name: Site 144 - Coolavokig, Macroom
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E005325
Author: Bruce Sutton for Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd
Site type: Test-trenching - no archaeology found
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 524810m, N 574705m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.919392, -9.093070
Archaeological test-trenching was undertaken during construction stage of the N22 Baile Bhuirne–Macroom Road Scheme under ministerial direction (A074). Registration number E005325 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 Site 144. The Site 144 area was subject to archaeological test-trenching of the 1.07 ha site, which resulted in 730 linear metres of trenching (1,460 m2) to be excavated across the field, 13.6% of the total area.
The test trenching programme consisted of a methodical test trench array, designed to assess the potential for surviving subsurface archaeological remains within the proposed site. A total of 20 test trenches were excavated across the proposed site. The exposed subsoil was examined for archaeological features and topsoil for artefacts. Excavation ceased at the first significant archaeological level or at natural subsoil.
No archaeological features or deposits were found within the test trenches.
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