What is recorded here

Rathcash West held a preserved medieval village with rectangular and circular structures linked by trackways until 2011. Men opened trenches during the 1983 gas pipeline work but found no material, leaving the place's exact age unknown. The earthworks stood visible in a 2005 satellite image, then vanished after the field was reclaimed and levelled. What remained was a temporary shadow on the ground, not a lasting record.

In gently undulating low-lying terrain, in mixed tillage and pasture. Identified during the construction of the Cork-Dublin gas pipeline in 1983 (Lehane 1983, 266-7). Described as 'a deserted village of possible medieval date. The village is well preserved and several rectangular and circular structures with interconnecting trackways are visible on the ground' (ibid.). A number of excavation trenches were opened but no archaeological material was uncovered (ibid). The date of this settlement is unknown. A satellite image (Google Earth) taken in November 2005 shows the settlement earthworks with a tillage field immediately to the W and an irregular tillage field to the N. Another satellite image (Google Earth) taken in April 2011 shows that the field has been reclaimed and the earthworks levelled. See attached satellite imagery: KK020-041----_01 satellite image Google Earth, 20 November 2005 KK020-041----_02 satellite image, OS ortho Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 December 2020

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