2024:555 - Carrigacleena More, Cork

A programme of archaeological test–trenching was undertaken at Carrigcleena More, Bweeng, Co. Cork, from 26 June to 1 July 2024. The testing programme comprised the excavation of 45 test trenches. Six field boundaries were revealed in ten trenches. Agricultural furrows were found across all parts of the site and were aligned with the orientations of the field boundaries. Several ditches that corresponded with field boundaries depicted on historic mapping were uncovered. The general layout of these was largely established prior to 1840, when the work was carried our for the first edition 6–inch Ordinance Survey map (1844); however, some were added after that and before the 1902 survey for the 25–inch Ordinance Survey map (1904). The plough furrows largely aligned with the ditches added between the two maps and are, therefore, also of that date.

No features deemed archaeological were found during the test–trenching.