2025:220 - Rinagaskiddy 1 (Loughbeg 4), Cork
County: Cork
Site name: Rinagaskiddy 1 (Loughbeg 4)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: E005437
Author: Patricia Long, Rubicon Archaeology Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: The Glen Distillery Business Park, Old Whitechurch Road, Kilnap, Cork T23 HY01
Site type: Pit
Period/Dating: Prehistoric (12700 BC-AD 400)
ITM: E 578409m, N 564021m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.828010, -8.313238
Excavation at Ringaskiddy 1, as part of the M28 Cork to Ringaskiddy Project, Co. Cork, revealed a cluster of six pits and one post‐hole in Area A. These features were prehistoric (probably Neolithic) in date, while upon investigation the features identified in Area B, located 40m to the south, were deemed to be non‐archaeological in nature. There is no evidence to suggest the site extends beyond the current roadtake. Stage (iv) post‐excavation analysis is still pending. Below is a preliminary bulletin.
A total of 203 artefacts/potential artefacts including prehistoric pottery, lithics, a possible spindle whorl and stone beads was recovered during excavations and from subsequent sample processing.
Archaeological materials in the form of charred plant remains (cereal grain, nutshell and charcoal, mostly oak) were also recovered. Preliminary interpretation is that these were Neolithic waste pits.
Area A: 578409, 564021; Area B: 578418, 563944 (cutting centroid).