1999:471 - CARRICK-ON-SHANNON: Priest's Lane, Leitrim

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Leitrim Site name: CARRICK-ON-SHANNON: Priest's Lane

Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 31:5 Licence number: 99E0223

Author: Gerry Walsh

Site type: Town

Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)

ITM: E 594385m, N 799543m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.945188, -8.085522

Pre-development testing was undertaken on the site of a proposed development off Priest's Lane, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. The site is within the zone of archaeological importance for Carrick-on-Shannon.

Four test-trenches were excavated by machine within the proposed development. Two were 5m long, two were 13m long, and all were 2m wide. No archaeological features or finds were recovered from any of the trenches.

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