2023:845 - The Celtic Interconnector - Onshore Scheme, Knockraha to Summerfield, Cork

Archaeological monitoring of geotechnical Site Investigations works took place prior to construction works along the route of a linear infrastructure scheme between Claycastle beach, Youghal and Knockraha Power station. The site investigations works involved a mix of 91 joint bays, trial holes and bore holes ahead of construction works. As most of the site investigations works were excavated within the footprint of the roadway, the ones excavated within green fields areas and the grass verges were the only ones monitored. Once the site investigation works were complete, the licence number was reactivated and used for the monitoring of enabling works, which included the removal of field boundaries. Where these field boundaries also constituted townland boundaries, these were photographed and recorded when a section was broken through them for access. No archaeology found in either of these investigations.