2025:174 - Barryscourt, Carrigtwohill, Cork
County: Cork
Site name: Barryscourt, Carrigtwohill
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 25E0505
Author: Jennifer McCarthy
Author/Organisation Address: The Glen Distillery Business Park, Old Whitechurch Road, Kilnap, Cork T23 HY01
Site type: Archaeological testing-no archaeology uncovered
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 581585m, N 572233m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.901942, -8.267600
Archaeological testing was carried out at Barryscourt, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork on 23–24 June 2025, in advance of a proposed underground grid connection.
A total of 12 trenches were excavated. Modern field drains were present in Trenches 5, 6, 9 and 10, while Trenches 1 –4 showed signs of modern disturbance in the form of agricultural debris.
A shallow linear feature in the centre of Trench 12 corresponded with a modern linear field boundary depicted on the first edition 6-inch Ordnance Survey map. No previously unknown features, deposits or artefacts of archaeological significance were found during the course of this programme of testing.