Treasure trove of artifacts found under Cork street

An archaeology dig in Buttevant, Co Cork, by a team of archaeologists during a €5m makeover of what was dubbed the worst main street in Ireland, has uncovered 2,788 artifacts.

It was always envisaged that archaeologists would be busy during the revamp of the main street in Buttevant, Co Cork, but the scale of the town’s history resulted in 16 of them being employed on the project, along with support staff.

Construction on the new road surface and footpaths got underway in February 2015, but its completion was delayed due to the scale of the archaeology uncovered.