2004:1549 - SLIGO: 7 Markievicz Road, Sligo
County: Sligo
Site name: SLIGO: 7 Markievicz Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SL014-065
Licence number: 03E1888
Author: Christopher Read, North West Archaeological Services
Author/Organisation Address: Cloonfad Cottage, Cloonfad, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim
Site type: Town
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 569135m, N 836126m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.273016, -8.473857
The site of the proposed development is located between Markievicz Road and Holborn Street in Sligo town. The proposed development is to consist of the demolition of two buildings and the construction of a single new building. The site is located within the zone of archaeological potential for Sligo town. No archaeological features or finds were uncovered in either of the two trenches excavated. The deposits encountered indicate that at some point the entire area was infilled, probably the result of 19th-century building work.