2024:857 - Maglin and Carrigrohane, Ballincollig, Cork

Two phases of pre-development archaeological testing were carried out on the site during the year. Thirty four trenches were excavated across the proposed residential development area in Maglin and five trenches were excavated across the proposed greenway route in Carrigrohane. Two small pits and a possible burnt spread were identified at the northern end of the proposed residential development site. Both pits contained sherds of prehistoric pottery. A small spread of fulacht fia-type material was identified at the northern edge of a trench where a possible burnt spread was previously identified in a geophysical survey. This lies close to the river bank in a proposed green area within the development.

The trenching on the greenway in Carrigrohane extended across a possible ring ditch identified as a weakly magnetic trend in a geophysical survey. A grave was later cut into the ditch. The east-west oriented grave contained a single inhumation burial of a female with a single blue glass bead. The skeletal remains were radiocarbon dated to 1544+/-22 BP, calibrated to AD 541. Further archaeological work will be carried out if development proceeds.