Excavation - miscellaneous

The National Monuments Service's description

In driest part of otherwise boggy pasture, c. 7m N of fulacht fiadh (10256). Archaeologically excavated in 1982-3 (Lehane 1988, 90-91, site 3) in advance of drainage works; prior to excavation, rectangular mound (37.5m N-S; 23.5m E-W) noted. Excavation revealed rectangular structure (14.4m x 7.5m) consisting mainly of comminuted red-glazed hand-made bricks with some intact bricks. Underneath were deposits of homogenous burnt material (D c. 0.1m) and leached soil (D c. 0.22m). Strips of compacted yellow clay (L c. 5m; Wth c. 0.7m) delimited brick deposits along NE and SW sides. A number of stake-holes were noted along the SE and NW sides and a slot extended outwards at an angle from the SE side. The exact nature and function of the site remain unclear but the excavator suggests that it may have been a post-medieval brick manufacturing site or the remains of a collapsed, possibly burnt down, brick-built structure (ibid.). Mound still visible.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009