Archaeologists uncover town’s 16th-century walls

As the people in a Co Cork town prepare to host their first “walled town” festival, archaeologists have revealed they have uncovered a section of its original 16th-century fortifications.

Archaeologists moved into a site near Curtain’s pub in Bandon after contractors, SIAC, unearthed the foundations of a Tudor-era wall.

The contractors had been preparing to lay pipes as part of the town’s new multimillion-euro sewerage scheme.