Of further note was the discovery of i n-situ human remains in the graveyard which now forms Dr. Mary Hearn Park during testing and subsequent excavation (01E0529) of an area to the west of the former North Infirmary. Finally, t wo phases of remedial works carried out in St. Anne’s Graveyard under Excavation Licence 08E0690 revealed ten headstones and two burial vaults that lay just below surface level.
Please consult the Appendix to this report for full Excavation Database summaries of all the recorded investigations.
Cartographic review The detail on historic cartographic sources demonstrates the nature of past settlements and land use patterns in recent centuries and can also highlight the impacts of modern developments and agricultural practices. This information can aid in the identification of the location and extent of unrecorded or partially levelled features of archaeological or architectural heritage interest. The cartographic sources examined for the study areas include a number of historic maps which detail the development of Cork City including Hardiman’s 1601 plan of Cork ( Figure 6 ), Story’s 1690 map of Cork ( Figure 7 ), Carty’s 1726 map ( Figure 8 ), Rocque’s 1759 map ( Figure 9 ) and the First Edition 1:10,560 Ordnance Survey map (1837-42) ( Figure 10 ). The first historic cartographic source to depict tentative development in the Shandon area is Carew/ Hardiman’s map which dates to 1602. This map shows ribbon-type development along the North Mall, east of the Franciscan Abbey, as well as along the route which would become Shandon Street. The map also depicts Shandon Castle and original St. Mary’s Church as evident in the bottom left of the below map. The map shows that the castle was of Z-plan with a main rectangular block running east-west and projecting towers at the northeast and southeast ends.
Figure 6: Extract from the Carew/Hardiman map of 1602 with the approximate location of the study area circled
Integrated Urban Strategy, Shandon, Cork Baseline archaeological assessment
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