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Excavations.ie

2025:019 - Lackan, Portrunny Bay, Roscommon

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Roscommon

Site name: Lackan, Portrunny Bay

Sites and Monuments Record No.: RO042-16--

Licence number: 25E0197

Author: Declan Moore

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

ITM: E 595871m, N 760129m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.591009, -8.062367

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A programme of archaeological testing was commissioned at a site in Lackan townland, Portrunny, Co. Roscommon. The proposed development comprises a fisheries base and is located 2.7km northeast of Knockcroghery village and 7.69km southeast of Roscommon in a greenfield site. The site is located partly within the zone of archaeological potential established around RO042-168001- (Ritual site - holy well), RO042-168002- (Ritual site - holy tree/bush), RO042-044001- (Church), RO042-044002- (Graveyard) and RO042-044003- (House - indeterminate date). There are no sites of architectural significance within or in the vicinity of the project area.

Four roughly east-west aligned trenches were excavated, and 4 roughly north-south aligned trenches were excavated within the footprint of the proposed development. The stratigraphy encountered was consistent throughout and comprised topsoil and sod up to 400mm in depth. This overlays a compact mid-brown natural subsoil which was present throughout the site. Nothing of archaeological significance was noted