2026:043 - Barryscourt, Cork
County: Cork
Site name: Barryscourt
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 25E1129
Author: Magda Lyne, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit Ltd
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 21 Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth. A92 DH99.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 581425m, N 572153m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.901218, -8.269920
A total of 71 test trenches were excavated. Each trench measured 1.8m in width, with a total of 1792 linear meters excavated. Topsoil consisted mainly of brown-grey sandy silt. Natural was exposed at a depth on average between 0.2m and 0.6m and consisted largely of tidal sterile grey-yellow natural clay with shells, with some variations recorded.
Geological layers, including ice-age natural, organic layer, and stone-rich horizon, were also identified at depths of 0.6-1.2m. Anomaly M1, a possible enclosure identified during the geophysical survey (25R0367), was targeted; however, no features were exposed. Drains, furrows and modern pits were exposed in the excavated test trenches.
The results of the test trenching and geophysical survey confirmed that portions of the site were subject to groundworks, with modern material present, including in the northern and south-western portions. Furthermore, a gas pipeline with associated wayleave was present along the western extent of the site, and a pipeline was also present along the very south-west extent of the site.
No archaeological features were identified during test trenching.