County: Donegal Site name: KILBARRON, Ballyshannon
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 98E0148
Author: Eoin Halpin, Archaeological Development Services Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 585154m, N 865098m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.534050, -8.229369
Testing took place on 26 March 1998. All but one of the eight trenches were machine-excavated down to undisturbed natural without revealing anything of archaeological significance.
In the southernmost trench an area of flagstone paving was uncovered directly beneath the sod. It ran approximately parallel to the line of the laneway that defines the southern boundary of the development area. No dating evidence was recovered; however, the close proximity of the early church of Kilbarron adds to its significance. It is recommended that further investigations take place in this area.
Apart from this confined area, nothing of archaeological significance was uncovered elsewhere during the assessment.
Unit 48, Westlink Enterprise Centre, 30–50 Distillery Street, Belfast BT12 5BJ
