Excavation — miscellaneous in Fermoy

This group of features, located to the N of the bed of a diverted stream, was partially excavated in 2005 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. The features comprised four pits, six post-holes, six stake-holes, a metalled surface and a fosse. Pit 1 (0.86m x 0.51m; D 0.19m) contained three fills of silt and charcoal. Pit 2 (0.97m x 0.76m; D 0.1m) contained a single fill which included heat-shattered stone and charcoal. Pit 3 (0.5m x 0.4m; D 0.37m) contained two fills, one of which contained heat-shattered stone and charcoal. Pit 4 (1.3m x 1.2m; D 0.47m) contained a silty clay fill with charcoal. All of the features were found immediately to the NE of a fulacht fia (CO035-144----) and to the N of a group of Early Bronze Age features (CO035-145----). The excavator suggested that the pits, post-holes and stake-holes were probably associated with the fulacht fia immediately to the SW. The metalled surface (1.5m x 1.1m; D 0.12m) was set in a hollow which was cut by the diverted stream. It was also cut by one of the four pits. It was not possible to determine whether a portion of a fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.28m) was contemporary with other activity in this area. (O'Reilly 2006) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009